Manual of hypodermic medication / by Bourneville and Bricon ; translated from the second edition by Andrew S. Currie.
- Désiré-Magloire Bourneville
- Date:
- 1887
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Manual of hypodermic medication / by Bourneville and Bricon ; translated from the second edition by Andrew S. Currie. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![3G Skibnewsky’s formula. Carbolic Acid Distilled water Alcohol 1 part j of each 2 parts.* ACIDUM CHRYSOPIIANICUM OR CHRYSAROBIN. Chbysophanic Acid. Extracted from Goà powder, a product of a tree found in India and Brazil, belonging to the family Leguminosæ. It occurs in the form of yellow needle-shaped crystals, and belongs to the group of the phenols. This acid,! at first only used externally (Balmanno Squire, 1878, etc.), has been administered internally since 1881. It is almost insoluble in water, soluble in hot alcohol (224 parts of alco- hol at (186-8CF.), benzol, vinegar, vaseline, acetic acid, and very soluble in alkalies. Chrysarobin is the principle contained in the Goà pow- der from which chrysophanic acid is extracted by oxi- dation. These two bodies differ from one another, but either name is often used to designate the acid. Principal physiological actions.—Loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, rigors followed by heat, vertigo, sensation of burn- ing and constriction at epigastrium, diarrhoea ; intolerance of the drug in different doses varying with the subject, and according to the degree of habituation. The medium dose is about one-seventh of a grain daily for children, and about half a grain daily for adults (Stocquart). Local effects.—Even in very weak doses (T\> gram and * [This is obviously only intended for use and malignant growths. Transi] f [It is not properly speaking an acid, principles (Brunton). Trans.J in such cases as carbuncle but a mixture of proximate](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2813039x_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
