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Read Ebook: Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary With Comments by Hewlett Albion Walter Puckner William August Sollmann Torald Hermann Wilbert Martin I Martin Inventius
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DOSAGE: 2 pills .
DOSAGE: 1 Cc. or 15 minims .
ACTION AND USES: Carminative and flavor; similar to but without advantage over ginger.
DOSAGE: 2 Gm. or 30 grains .
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
ACTION AND USES: Obsolete domestic remedy for pleurisy, also used as diaphoretic. Probably without value.
DOSAGE: 2 Gm. or 30 grains .
DOSAGE: 2 Cc. or 30 minims .
ACTION AND USES: Used as a teniacide in the form of oleoresin.
DOSAGE: 2 Gm. or 30 grains , which may be given singly or in repeated, divided doses, at intervals of fifteen minutes, in capsules containing 0.3 Gm. or 5 grains, or in emulsion. Larger doses may be given to robust persons. Special caution is necessary in giving it to anemic or debilitated persons. The patient should be prepared by a light diet or fasting for twenty-four hours. The drug should be given early in the morning, preceded by a saline cathartic, and the last dose followed in three hours by a saline laxative. Caution:--Castor oil or other fixed oils should not be used in connection with oleoresin of aspidium, as they favor the absorption of the active principle.
ACTION AND USES: Has been recommended in dyspneic conditions. Value doubtful.
DOSAGE: 4 Gm. or 1 drachm .
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
A white, odorless powder. Slightly soluble in water , but freely soluble in alcohol .
ACTION AND USES: Atropine and the related alkaloids paralyze the parasympathetic endings. They are used especially as mydriatics and cycloplegics, to suppress secretions, as in gastric hyperacidity, and to quicken the heart, regulate peristalsis, lessen bronchial spasm, etc.
DOSAGE: 0.5 mg. or 1/120 grain .
White, odorless powder. Very soluble in water and in alcohol .
DOSAGE: 0.5 mg. or 1/120 grain .
ACTION AND USES: Aromatic bitter stomachic, used principally as a flavoring.
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
USES: Objectionable alcoholic "bitter."
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
ACTION AND USES: Flavoring agent.
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
ACTION AND USES: Flavoring agent.
An orange-yellow, odorless, deliquescent powder with a saline, metallic taste. Very soluble in water.
ACTION AND USES: Preparations of gold have been employed in medicine for the most varied conditions without any real evidence of usefulness.
DOSAGE: 0.005 Gm. or 1/12 grain .
Dark brown, viscid liquid, with a vanilla-like odor and a bitter, acrid taste. Soluble in alcohol or chloroform; only partially soluble in ether or petroleum benzin; practically insoluble in water.
ACTION AND USES: Externally in the form of ointments or alcoholic solutions as a stimulant to indolent wounds and ulcers and in the treatment of scabies.
Yellowish-brown or brown, plastic solid, becoming brittle when old, dried or exposed to cold, and having a vanilla-like odor and a mild, aromatic taste. Insoluble in water but soluble in alcohol, chloroform and ether.
ACTION AND USES: Has been recommended as an expectorant; used chiefly in the form of the syrup, which is little more than a pleasantly flavored vehicle.
DOSAGE: 15 Cc. or 4 fluidrachms .
DOSAGE: 2 Cc. or 30 minims .
ACTION AND USES: Without any definite known action; formerly used in typhoid fever and diseases showing similar symptoms.
DOSAGE: 1 Gm. or 15 grains .
DOSAGE: 1 Cc. or 15 minims .
ACTION AND USES: Those of the hyoscyamine and atropine contained therein.
DOSAGE: 0.06 Gm. or 1 grain .
ACTION AND USES: Applied in the treatment of rheumatic and similar pains.
DOSAGE: 0.015 Gm. or 1/4 grain .
DOSAGE: 0.75 Cc. or 12 minims .
ACTION AND USES: Those of the hyoscyamine and atropine contained therein.
DOSAGE: 0.045 Gm. or 3/4 grain .
DOSAGE: 0.05 Cc. or 1 minim .
USES: A mildly analgesic and rubefacient application.
A colorless or yellowish liquid, with a bitter-almond odor and a burning, aromatic taste. Slightly soluble in water; miscible with alcohol, ether, and fixed or volatile oils.
ACTION AND USES: Flavoring agent.
DOSAGE: 0.03 Cc. or 1/2 minim .
A clear, colorless liquid, with an ethereal or faint petroleum odor; highly inflammable. Practically insoluble in water, freely soluble in alcohol and miscible with ether, chloroform, volatile oils and fixed oils with the exception of castor oil.
ACTION AND USES: Pharmaceutic solvent.
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