Elements of pharmacy, materia medica, and therapeutics / by William Whitla.

  • Whitla William, Sir, 1851-1933.
Date:
1898
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    Hydrargyri Perchloridi G-lutinopeptonas. (See Glu- (inopeptonate of Corrosive Sublimate, page 541.) Hydrargyri Salicylas is a white, tasteless powder, extens- ively used for hypodermic injection and as a remedy for gonorrhoea. It is formed by mixingsolutionsof nitrate of mercury and salicylate of soda. It causes no pain, and is as powerful an antiseptic as corrosive sublimate. Its great drawback was its insolubility, but Vacher has overcome this by using the following formula for external application :—1 part corrosive sublimate, 2 parts sali- cylate of soda, and 1,000 parts water. For internal use he injects one cubic centimetre (17 minims) of the following solution :— 1 part sublimate, 3 salicylate of soda, 100 water. This dose contains '154 grs. salicylate of mercury. Hydrargyri Silico-Fluoridum—This colourless, soluble salt is used as a substitute for the sublimate, being less poisonous and irritating, and equally efficacious in destroying bacteria in solution 1 in 1,000. Hydrargyri Sozoiodol is a pale yellow powder, soluble in solution of chloride of sodium. It has been given in 1 gr. doses injected into the buttock, and as a powder (1 in 15) sprinkled on chancres and syphilitic sores. Hydrargyri Succinimidum-Vollert highly recommends the succinimide of mercury for hypodermic use, as it does not precipitate albumen. It is a white shining powder, soluble in water, and does not cause any suppuration at the point of injection. Wolff uses a Pravaz syringeful of a 2 per cent, solution (1 per cent. Hg.), thus each injection equals nearly ] gr. mercury. He states that it is preferable to mercury glycocoll, and should be injected deeply in an oblique direction under the skin of the buttock into the subcutaneous fat, and the swelling stroked gently till dispersed ; about 20 injections are the average number for ordinary cases. Hydrargyri Tannas—This preparation, introduced by Lust- garden as a remedy in syphilis, is a tannate of the protoxide of mercury, and contains 50 per cent, of the metal. It is a green, tasteless powder, which decomposes upon the addition of weak alkalies, setting free mercurial globules, and it is believed that such a decomposition takes place in the bowel, and the minute particles of mercury rapidly find their way into the blood, ij grs. are administered 3 times a day. Kaposi has used it with benefit in many cases of syphilis. It does not produce any unpleasant after-consequences or disarrangement of the digestion. Hydrargyri Thymolacetas is a white, crystalline, insoluble powder, prepared by mixing solutions of mercury and thymol. It is given internally (J, gr.) inodorous acetate of and used