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![vinegar vessel). Measure containing one-eighth part of a modern pint; cup-shaped depression in the hip-bone to receive the head of the femur; lobe or cotyledon of the placenta! of ruminating ani- mals. A. hu'meri, glenoid fossa of scapula. A. mari'num, umbilicus marinus. A'cetal. C,iHuOa. Ethylidene ethylate, ethyli- dene diethyl ether; result of oxidation of ethylic alcohol; ethereal liquid, sp. gr. 0.831 at 68° F.; hypnotic. Acetal'dehyde. Aldehyde. Acet'amidor Acetam'ide. CII:iCO.NH2. A white, crystalline substance resulting from the action of ammonia on acetic ether. Acetam'idoantipyrin'. Yellow, soluble crystals prepared by the action of nitric acid on antip'yrin, and reduction by zinc and acetic acid. Antipyretic in the same dose as antipyrin. Acetam'idoben'zoyleu'genol. Acetaminol. Acetam'idometh'yl salicylate. Used as a remedy in neuralgia. A. phe'nol, an oxidation product of acetanilid. Acetam'inol. A white, crystalline powder pro- duced by the action of phenol nitrobenzoylchloride on eugenol-sodium. Has been used in phthisis. Acetan'ilid, Acetanili'dum (Ph. U. S.). C?H,,NH. C2H30. Phenylacetamid, antifebrin. Chemical re- sult of the action of glacial acetic acid on pure ani- line at a high temperature; white, crystalline povi der, soluble in hot water, alcohol, and ether. Dose, gr. iij-vi (0.2-0.4) or more as an antipyretic. Toxic in large doses, sometimes depressant in small doses. A. salicylate, salifebrin. Ace'tas. Acetate. A'cetate. Salt formed by the union of acetic acid with an alkaline, earthy, or metallic base. Ace'tic. Derived from or similar in properties to vinegar. A. acid, CH3CO.OH, absolute acetic acid, acid of vinegar; derived from the oxidation of al- cohol or the dry distillation of wood; strong acetous acid, radical vinegar; spirit of verdigris, when made from verdigris; concentrated acetic acid, prepared by decomposing an acetate and receiving acetic acid by distillation. Very pungent and grateful odor, acid and acrid taste. The acetic acid of the Ph. U. S. is a liquid containing 36 per cent, of absolute acetic acid. See Acidum aceticum. Dilu'ted a. a., see Acidum aceticum dilutum. Gla'cial a. a., see Acidum aceticum glaciate. A. al'dehyde, aldehyde. A. e'ther, see JEiher sulphuricus and Anwsthetics. Acet'ica. Preparations of vinegar. Ace'ticum martia'le. Ferri acetas. Acetidin'. C;H1206. Diacetin. Acetim'eter. Acetometer. Acetin'. A glycerin acetate. The triacetate is found in oil of Euonymus europseus. Ac'etite. Salt of acetous acid. Aceto . In compounds denotes the presence of acetic acid. A'cetoace'tic acid. C4H603. Diacetic acid. It may be excreted in the urine as such or as acetone. Acetol'uid. Acet-toluid. Acet'omel. Oxymel. Acetom'eter (acetum, vinegar, metron, measure). Instrument for ascertaining the strength of com- mercial acetic acid. Such process is acetom'etry. Acetonae'mia. Condition of nervous derangement, peculiar odor of breath, etc., supposed to be due to the presence of acetone in the blood, it having, according to some writers, the property of breaking up blood corpuscles. A'cetone. (CH3)2CO. Dimethylketone. A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid, with peculiarly pene- trating and slightly empyreumatic odor. Its density in the liquid state is almost the same as that of alcohol; taste is analogous to that of peppermint; miscible in all proportions with water, alcohol, and ether; prepared by the distillation of wood and of the acetates; feeble anaesthetic; excitant in chronic bronchitis; used also in gout, rheumatism, and worms in doses of Tl\60-90 (4.0-6.0) daily; is largely used in the manufacture of chloroform. The term is also employed to designate any member of the group to which this .substance belongs chemic- ally. A. chlo'roform, aneson. A. collo'dion, a flexible collodion, made of guncotton, ether, alcohol, acetone, and castor oil. A. dieth'ylsul'phon, sulphonal. A. resorcin', a combination of two molecules of resorcin and one of acetone; antiseptic. Acetoni'trate. Salt of acetic and nitric acids. Acetoni'tril. C2H3N. Methyl cyanide. Acetonu'ria. Excess of acetone in urine, occur- ring in cancer, fevers, diabetes, alcoholism, etc. Aceto-orthotol'uid. Acet-toluid. Acetophenetidin'. Acetphenetidin. Acetophenilidin'. Phenacetin. Acetophe'none. Hypnone. Aceto'sa alpi'na. Rumex alpinus. A. arven'sis, A. nos'tras, A. officina'lis, A. oxal'idis, A. praten'- sis, Rumex acetosa. A. roma'na, A. rotundifol'ia, A. scuta'ta, Rumex scutatus. A. vulga'ris, Rumex acetosa. Acetosel'la. Oxalis acetosella. Acetotar'trate. A tartrate in which hydrogen is replaced by acetyl. Acetotox'im or Acetox'im. (CH3)2CNOH. A sol- uble compound resulting from the action of hy- droxylamide on acetone. Acet'ozone. Benzoyl-acetyl peroxide; on contact with water it undergoes hydrolysis and is split up into benzoyl hydrogen peroxide and acetyl hydrogen peroxide; said to be a powerful germicide and innocuous to the animal tissues. Given in typhoid fever, cholera, and dysentery in doses of gr. iij-v (0.2-0.32) several times daily; also applied locally. Acetpara-amidosal'ol. Salophen. Acetparaphenetidin'. Phenacetin. Acetphenetidin'. Phenacetin; antipyretic. Acet-tol'uid. CgHnNO. A coal-tar product; anti- pyretic: dose, gr. ij-x (0.13-0.65). Ace'turn. Common vinegar (acer, sharp). Liquor obtained by acetous fermentation; pungent odor, pleasant acid taste. Any official preparation made with vinegar or acetic acid. It is refrigerant in fevers, antiseptic and antinarcotic. Dose, f 3 j to f3ij (4.0-8.0). Externally, it is stimulant and dis- cutient. A. acer'rimum, distilled vinegar. A. ace- to'sum, distilled vinegar. A. an'glicum, a. aro- maticum. A. antisep'ticum, a. aromaticum. A. aromat'icum, thieves' vinegar, vinegar of the four thieves, Marseilles vinegar; aromatic herbs or oils infused or dissolved in vinegar or acetic acid, made of fresh aromatic herbs steeped in vinegar; used as a perfume. A. berolinen'se, a. aromaticum. A. bezo- ard'icum, a. aromaticum. A. britan'nicum, acetum. A. camphora'tum, camphorated vinegar. A. can- thar'idis, vinegar of cantharides, a preparation of Ph. Br.; used as a prompt vesicant. A. cardi'acum, a. aromaticum. A. cerevis'ise, vinegar. A. col'- chici, vinegar of meadow saffron; formerly official in Ph. U. S.; it is used as a diuretic, and also in gout; dose, f 3ssto f 3iss (2.0-6.0). A. commu'ne, vinegar. A. concentra'tum, acetic acid or concentrated vine- gar. A. cru'dum, acetum. A. crystallisab'ile, glacial acetic acid (see under Acidum aceticum). A. destilla'tum, see Acidum aceticum. A. emet'i- cum, antimony acetate. A. empyreumat'icum, wood vinegar. A. gal'licum, acetum. A. glacia'le, glacial acetic acid (see under Acidum aceticum). A. ipecacuan'hae (Ph. Br.), vinegar of ipecac; dose, TT\v-xxx (0.32-2.0). A. ligno'rum, wood vinegar. A. lithar'gyri, solution of subacetate of lead in dilute acetic acid. A. lobe'liae, vinegar of lobelia; dose, 30 to 60 drops or more (2.0-4.0); as emetic, f gss (15.0). A. mul'sum dul'ce, oxymel. A. my- lab'ridis (Ph. Br.), vinegar of mylabris; emp]o3^ed as a vesicant in place of a. cantharidis. A. o'pii (Ph. U. S.), black drop made with diluted acetic acid and flavored with sugar and nutmeg; its strength is one grain of opium in nearly ten of the solution; dose, TTlv-xx (0.3-1.3). A. phenyla'tum, carbolated vinegar. A. plum'bicum or saturni'num,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2117460x_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
