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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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ACTION AND USES: Pharmaceutic solvent.
ACTION AND USES: Used locally to promote healing, and in inhalations as an expectorant.
DOSAGE: 1 Gm. or 15 grains .
DOSAGE: 1 Cc. or 15 minims .
USES: Protective and local stimulant, especially by inhalation.
DOSAGE: 2 Cc. or 30 minims .
A white, nearly odorless powder with an intensely sweet taste even in dilute solutions. Slightly soluble in water and soluble in alcohol and readily dissolved by ammonia water or by a solution of alkali hydroxides or of sodium bicarbonate.
ACTION AND USES: Sweetening agent in diabetes mellitus; about 500 times as sweet as sugar, weight for weight.
ACTION AND USES: Probably similar to, but without advantage over, hydrastis.
DOSAGE: 2 Gm. or 30 grains .
DOSAGE: 2 Cc. or 30 minims .
A white, odorless powder. Soluble in water and in alcohol .
ACTION AND USES: Local anesthetic.
DOSAGE: In a 2 or 3 per cent. solution for the eye or 5 to 10 per cent. solution for the nose and throat.
Colorless or pale buff crystalline laminae or white or yellowish powder, with a faint phenol odor and a pungent taste. Only slightly soluble in water and very soluble in alcohol .
ACTION AND USES: Antiseptic, somewhat stronger than phenol and less toxic. Used in skin affections, and as intestinal antiseptic and anthelmintic for hookworm.
DOSAGE: Internally, 0.25 Gm. or 4 grains . Externally as a 3 to 5 per cent. ointment.
A buff-colored or grayish-brown, nearly odorless, tasteless powder. Nearly insoluble in water or alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Used as an intestinal antiseptic, being decomposed into its constituents in the intestine, where it exerts the effects of bismuth salts and of betanaphthol.
DOSAGE: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains .
Shining, pearly or translucent, odorless scales or white powder, with a metallic taste. Very soluble in water and sparingly soluble in alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Somewhat astringent and irritating; should not be used as a substitute for the insoluble salts of bismuth. Its use in "bismuth elixirs" is irrational.
DOSAGE: 0.125 Gm. or 2 grains .
USES: An irrational method of administering bismuth.
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
DOSAGE: 8 Cc. or 2 fluidrachms .
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm. .
USES: Used similarly to bismuth subcarbonate, over which it has no advantage.
DOSAGE: 4 Cc. or 1 fluidrachm .
White or nearly white, odorless, tasteless powder. Insoluble in water or alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Used like other insoluble salts of bismuth as a protective and healing agent against wounds, diarrheas, etc., and in x-ray work.
DOSAGE: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains in powders or cachets or in suspension
Bright yellow, odorless, tasteless powder. Insoluble in water or alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Similar to those of bismuth subcarbonate, over which it has no advantage.
DOSAGE: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains .
A heavy, white, odorless, almost tasteless powder. Almost insoluble in water and insoluble in alcohol. In aqueous mixtures, incompatible with alkali carbonates because of the liberation of nitric acid.
ACTION AND USES: Somewhat more astringent than the subcarbonate, because of the liberation of nitric acid.
DOSAGE: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains . Preferably administered as a powder or as cachets.
A white or nearly white, odorless, tasteless powder. Almost insoluble in water or alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Protective and astringent like other insoluble salts of bismuth, over which it has no marked advantage.
DOSAGE: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains .
ACTION AND USES: Aromatic, perhaps somewhat diuretic. No well defined indications for its use.
DOSAGE: 0.5 Gm. or 8 grains .
DOSAGE: 0.5 Cc. or 8 minims .
ACTION AND USES: Teniacide; without advantage over aspidium or pelletierine.
DOSAGE: 15 Gm. or 4 drachms .
DOSAGE: 250 Cc. or 8 fluidounces .
A heavy, clear, colorless liquid, with an ethereal odor and a sweet taste resembling that of chloroform. Slightly soluble in water and miscible with alcohol, chloroform, ether or fixed or volatile oils.
ACTION AND USES: Has been recommended as a sedative in the treatment of whooping-cough. Opinions differ as to its value.
DOSAGE: 0.2 Cc. or 3 minims , preferably dissolved in almond oil or dropped on sugar. Bromoform is too dense to be dispensed safely with aqueous vehicles.
Heavy, dark, brownish-red, volatile liquid, with a suffocating odor resembling that of chlorine. Soluble in water and freely soluble in alcohol or ether.
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