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 SALICYLICrm. Ac^ldum Oxal'ienm* i, Oxalic Acid, gr. [cgm. 2...6] iiyn: acide oxalique or earboneux, J^r.; oxalsiiure, kleesaure. O. Desc: H,C,0 2H,0; 125. Is found in rhubarb tomatoes sorrel, etc., though it is prepared from sugar, starch or saw-dust acted upon by nitric acid, with excess of potassium hydrate and with heat. Is in flat, oblique, rhombic prisms, colorless and intensely sour, soluble in 8 parts of water. Action: poisonous: small doses, well diluted, antiphlogistic and antiscorbutic. Uses: in tebrile diseases; night sweats; scurvy. Incomp: calcium and Its sa ts Antidotes: chalk; lime-water; plaster; magnesia; avoid all alkaline carbonates. Ac'iduiji Phosplior'icum i, Phosphoric Acid, 1YP 2...6, \cQm; 10...40]. > L ^ Sijn: acide phosphorique, i^'r.; pho^phorsiiure, G. Desc: A liquid composed of 50 parts of orthophosphoric acid (HgPO^; 98) and 50 parts of water (HjO). Is colorless, odorless, has strong acid taste and reaction, and sp. gr. 1.347. Is formed by action of nitric acid on phosphorous. Action: nerve tonic; anti-febrile; anti-phosphatic; aphrodisiac. Z7ses; in fevers; diphtheritic par- alysis; nervous prostration; jaundice; dyspepsia; diabetes; catarrhal lung troubles. Synerg: bitter tonics; nux vomica; pep- sin. Antidotes: see acidum hydrochloricum. Dilii'tumi, (20 parts above to 80 parts water: has sp. er. 1.057), TtP 15...60, [gm. 1...4]. ' i- 6 Ac'idiim PicMciim* i, Picric Acid, gr. ^...3, \_cgm. 1...20]. Syn: A. carbosoticum; nitrophenisic acid; trinitrophenol; A. picrique, nitroxanthique, Fr.; pikrinsaure, Q. Desc: HCgHj- (NO)30; _229; prepared from action of nitric acid upon carbolic acid; is in bright yellow crystals, or scales, with an acid and very bitter taste. Stains sk ii and clothing yellow. .4c<io?i; anti- malarial. Uses: intermittent fevers; anaemia, etc; but little used. AC'idum Pyroffariicuin* i, Pyrogallic Acid, gr. yi.-.lyi \_cgm. 3...10]. Syn: pyrogallol; Desc: CgHgOs; 126. Formed by heating gallic acid to sublimation, when it is decomposed into this and carbonic acid. Is in small, light pearly crystals, soluble in water, (2J!^ parts), alcohol and ether or lard; odorless; insipid taste. (Keep from the light). Action: astringent, hsemostatic. Uses: in hoemoptysis internally; externally in psoriasis, and, with argentic nitrate, in dyeing the hair. Unguen'tum* i, (60 grs. to 1 oz. lard). Externally. Ac'idum Pyrolig^neuiu* i. See A. Aceticum pyrolignosum. Ac'idiiiii Salicyriciim i, Salicylic Acid, gr. 5. ..30, [cj-jji. 30. ...9m. 2]. Syn: ortho oxybensioic acid; A. salicylique, i'';-.; salicylsiiure,
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