Dictionary of materia medica and therapeutics : a résumé of the action and doses of all officinal and non-officinal drugs ... / by C. Henri Leonard and Thomas Christy.

  • Leonard, C. Henri.
Date:
1892
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    ACIDUM HYPEROSmCUM. fevers, dyspepsia, urinary calculi and as gargle in diphtheria, stom- atitis, etc. Synerg: the bitter tonics; pepsine; strychnia. Incomp: alkalies, and earths and their carlDonates; metallic oxides and salts; potassic tartrates and sulphuret; salts of lead, mercury and silver. Antidotes: magnesia; soap; bicarbonate potassium or sodium; white of egg; lime water; chalk; flaxseed tea or milk; oil; lard. Ac^idiim Hydroclilor^icum i, Dilu^tum i, Dilute Hydrochloric Acid, Tip 5...60, [gm. 0.3...4]. Desc: Is made of 6 parts of the strong acid to 13 parts of water; sp. gr. 1.049. Ac'idiim HTdrocyan^iciim i, Dilute Prussic Acid, TIP 1...3, [cr/m. 5...15]. Syn: diluted hydrocyanic acid; A. b-^russlcum; A. cyanhy- drique, Fr.; blausiiure, G. Desc: HCN; 27; pp. gr. 0.997. Found in bark, roots, flowers, leaves, and seeds of many plants and trees. It is usually made from ferrocyanide of potassium, acted on by sulphuric acid. The dilute acid is 2^^ of the pure acid to 98^ of alcohol and water. It is a colorless liquid with odor and taste like that of bitter almonds; or peach leaves. < (Should be kept from the light and air). Action: intensely poi- sonous to animal or vegetable life. In medicinal doses, anti spas- motic, sedative. Uses: in coughs; pertussis; gastralgia; enter- algia; locally in pruritus, when the skin is unlDroken. Antag: belladonna; atropia. Incomp : metallic salts; chlorine ; hydrated sesquioxide iron; red oxide mercury; sulphides. Antidotes: see incompatibles, though usually no time for them to act. Atropia hypodermically; cold affusions to spine and chest; artificial res- piration ; inhalation of ammonia. Ac^iduiu Hydro-flnor^icuiu i, Dil.* Dilute Fluoric Acid, TIP 15...60, 1...41. Syn: diluted hydjofluoric acid, or fluoric acid, Desc: is a diluted aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid gas, '/^fc of the redistilled acid to 9914 water. Even now it quickly acts on glass, while the stronger acid corrodes gla-s speedily, and needs to be kept in gulta percha or lead bottles. The gas is formed by the action of sulphuric acid on fluor spar. Emits suflTacating fumes and has acid taste. Action: anti-parasiticide; escharotic in its stronger form, and is used for etching on glass. Uses: The Lon- don Throat Hospital has used it successfully in goitre, curing 17 out of 20 cases; in diphtheria, treated by inhalation, 37 out of 40 cases recovered. Incomp: alkalies, their earths and carbonates; glass. Ac^idiim Hyperos-'micum* i, Dil. Hyperosmic Acid, Vtp 2...8, [com. 10...50]. Uses: Dr, Neuber, in Kiel, has used it hypodermically, in
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