Phenocoll Hydrochlorate.
Colorl. needles.—Sol.in 16 parts water.—Antipyretic, Analgesic, Antiperiodic—Dose:5—15 grn.
Phosphorus—U.S.P.
Sol.in oils.—Dose:one one-hundredth to one-thirty-second grn.—Preparations:Elix. (21 per cent. Spt. Phosph.); Oil (1 per cent.); Pills (one one-hundredth grn.); Spt. (1/8per cent.).—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach-pump; 1 per cent. solut. potass. permang.; avoid oils.—Incompatibles:Sulphur, iodine, oil turpentine, potass. chlorate, etc.—Caution:Inflammable! Keep under water.
Physostigma—U.S.P.
Calabar Bean.—Preparations:Ext. (D., one-twelfth to1/4grn.); Tr. (D., 5—15 min.).—See also, Eserine (Physostigmine).
Physostigmine,—seeEserine.
Phytolacca Root—U.S.P.
Poke Root.—Alterative, Antifat.—Dose:1—5 grn.—Preparation:F.E. (1:1).
Picrotoxin Merck.—U.S.P.
Cocculin.—Antihidrotic, Nervine, Antispasmodic.—Uses:Night-sweats of phthisis; also paralysis, epilepsy, chorea, flatulent dyspepsia, dysmenorrhea; also antidote to chloral.—Dose:1/100—1/30grn.—Max. D.:1/10grn.—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach siphon, chloral hydrate, and stimulants.
Pilocarpine Hydrochlorate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sialagogue, Myotic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic.—Uses:Intern., dropsy, coryza, laryngitis, bronchitis, asthmatic dyspnea, uremic convulsions, croup, pneumonia, etc.; as antidote to atropine; contra-indicated in heart failure and during fasting;extern., 1—2% aqueous solut. for collyrium.—Dose:1/8—1/4grn. in water, hypodermically, or by mouth.—Max. D.:1/3grn.—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach siphon, atropine, ammonia, brandy.—Incompatibles:Silver nitrate, corrosive sublimate, iodine, alkalies.
(Other salts of Pilocarpine are not described because used substantially as the above.)
Pilocarpus—U.S.P.
Jaborandi.—Dose:10—30 grn.—Preparation:F.E. (1:1).—See also, Pilocarpine.
Pimenta—U.S.P.
Allspice.—Aromatic, Stomachic—Dose:10—40 grn.—Preparation:Oil (D., 2—5 min.).
Piperazine.
Diethylene-diamine.—Colorl., alkaline cryst.—Sol.freely in water.—Antipodagric, Antirheumatic—Dose:5—10 grn. 3 t. a day, well diluted.
Piperin Merck.—U.S.P.
Stomachic and Antiperiodic.—Uses:Feeble digestion, and as substitute for quinine in remittent and intermittent fevers.—Dose:Stomachic,1/2—1 grn.;antiperiodic, 6—8 grn., both in pills.
Pitch, Burgundy—U.S.P.
Used only extern., as counterirritant.—Preparations:Plaster (80 per cent.); Cantharidal Pitch Plaster (8 per cent. cerate cantharides, 92 per cent. pitch).
Podophyllin,—seeResin, Podophyllum.
Podophyllum—U.S.P.
May Apple.—Preparations:Ext. (D., 2—5 grn.); F.E. (D., 10—30 min.); Resin (D.,1/8—1/2grn.).—See also, Resin Podophyllum.
Pomegranate—U.S.P.
Dose:1—2 drams, as decoct. (1:4) or fl. ext. (1:1).—See also, Pelletierine.
Potassa,—seePotassium Hydrate.
Potassa, Sulphurated, Merck.—U.S.P.—Pure.
Uses:Intern., small doses increase frequency of pulse; large doses: rheumatism, gout, scrofula, painter's colic, skin diseases, catarrh, croup; antidote in lead and mercury poisoning;extern., lotion in parasitic skin diseases.—Dose:2—10 grn.—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach siphon, lead or zinc acetate, brandy.—Incompatibles:Acids, alcohol, carbonated waters, etc.
Potassa, Sulphurated, Merck.—Crude.
Uses:For baths in skin affections, 2—4 ounces to one bath.—Caution:Avoid metal bath-tubs, metal spoons, and water with much carbon dioxide.
Potassium Acetate Merck.—C.P.
Very deliquescent.—Sol.in 0.36 part water, 1.9 parts alcohol.—Dose:10—60 grn.
Potassium Antimonate Merck.—Purified, Washed.
Diaphoretic Antimony; "White Oxide Antimony."—White powd.—Diaphoretic, Sedative.—Uses:Pneumonia, puerperal fever, etc.—Dose:8—24 grn.
Potassium Arsenite Merck.—Pure.
White powd.—Sol.in water.—Dose:1/32—1/16grn.
Potassium Bicarbonate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P., Cryst. or Powder.
Sol.in water.—Diuretic, Antilithic, Antacid.—Uses:Dyspepsia, dropsy, lithiasis, sour stomach, jaundice, etc. Usually taken effervescent with tartaric or citric acid.—Dose:20—60 grn.
Potassium Bichromate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P., Cryst.
Sol.in 10 parts water.—Corrosive, Astringent, Alterative.—Uses:Intern., syphilis;extern., sweating feet, tubercular nodules, syphilitic vegetations, and warts.—Dose:1/16—1/4grn.—Extern.in 5% solut. for sweating feet; 10% solut. as caustic.—Antidotes:Emetics and stomach pump, followed by soap, magnesia, or alkali carbonates.
Potassium Bisulphate Merck.—C.P., Cryst.
Colorl., more or less moist, plates.—Sol.in water.—Aperient. Tonic.—Uses:Constipation with weak appetite.—Dose:60—120 grn., with equal weight sodium carbonate.
Potassium Bitartrate Merck.—C.P., Cryst. or Powd.
Cream of Tartar.—Dose:1—8 drams.
Potassium Bromide.—U.S.P.
Dose:15—60 grn.
Potassium Cantharidate Merck.
White, amorph. powd., or cryst. mass.—Sol.in water.—Uses:Hypodermically in tuberculosis (Liebreich).—Injection:3—6 ♏ of 3:5000 solut.
Potassium Carbonate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Dose:10—30 grn.
Potassium Chlorate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Dose:10—20 grn.—Preparation:Troches (4—1/2grn.).—Incompatibles:Iron iodide, tartaric acid.—Caution:Do not triturate with sulphur, phosphorus, or organic or combustible compounds. Inflames or explodes with sulphuric acid and any organic powd. Do not administer on empty stomach!
Potassium Citrate Merck.—U.S.P.—Pure.
Sol.in 0.6 part water; slightly in alcohol.—Uses:Rheumatism, lithiasis, fevers.—Dose:20—25 grn.
Potassium Cyanide Merck.—C.P.
Sol.in 2 parts water; slightly in alcohol.—Sedative, Antispasmodic, Anodyne.Uses:Intern., dyspnea, asthma, phthisis, catarrh, whooping-cough, etc.;extern., 0.2—0.8% aqueous solut. in neuralgia and local pains; 0.6—1.2% aqueous solut. removes silver-nitrate stains from conjunctiva.—Dose:1/8grn.—Antidotes:Chlorine water, chlorinated-soda solut., ammonia, cold affusion, 10 grn. iron sulphate with 1 dram tincture of iron in ounce of water.—Incompatibles:Morphine salts, acid syrups, and silver nitrate.
Potassium Glycerino-phosphate Merck.—50% Solut.
Thick liq.—Sol.in water.—Nerve-tonic.—Uses:Neurasthenia, phosphaturia, convalescence from influenza, etc.—Injection:3—4 grn. daily, in water containing sodium chloride.
Potassium Hydrate Merck.—C.P.
Caustic Potassa.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Escharotic, Antacid, Diuretic.—Dose:1/4—1 grn., highly diluted with water.—Preparation:Solut. (5%).—Antidotes:Vinegar, lemon juice, orange juice, oil, milk; opium if pain; stimulants in depression.
Potassium Hydrate with Lime (Potassa with Lime, U.S.P.).—Powder.
Vienna Caustic; Potassa-lime.—Uses:Extern., cautery, in paste with alcohol.
Potassium Hypophosphite Merck.
Sol.in 0.6 part water, 7.3 parts alcohol.—Dose:10—30 grn.—Caution:Explodes violently on trituration or heating with any nitrate, chlorate, or other oxidizer.
Potassium Iodide Merck.—C.P.
Sol.in 0.75 part water, 2.5 parts glycerin, 18 parts alcohol.—Incompatibles:Chloral hydrate, tartaric acid, calomel, silver nitrate, potassium chlorate, metallic salts, acids.—Preparation:Oint. (12%).
Potassium Nitrate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Saltpeter; Niter.—Sol.in 3.8 parts water.—Dose:10—60 grn.—Preparation:Paper (fumes inhaled in asthma).
Potassium Nitrite Merck.—C.P.
White, deliquescent sticks.—Sol.in water.—Uses:Asthma, epilepsy, hemicrana.—Dose:1/4—2 grn. several t. daily.
Potassium Permanganate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 16 parts water.—Disinfectant, Deodorant, Emmenagogue.—Dose:1—2 grn., in solut. or pills made with kaolin and petrolatum, or with cacao butter, after meals.—Incompatibles:All oxidizable substances, particularly organic ones, such as glycerin, alcohol, etc.—Remove stains with oxalic, or hydrochloric, acid.
Potassium Phosphate, Dibasic, Merck.—C.P.
Deliquescent, amorph., white powd.—Sol.in water.—Alterative.—Uses:Scrofula, rheumatism, phthisis, etc.—Dose:10—30 grn.
Potassium Salicylate Merck.
White, slightly deliquescent powd.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, Analgesic.—Uses:Rheumatism, pleurisy, pericarditis, lumbago, muscular pains, etc.—Dose:6—15 grn.
Potassium Sulphate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Sol.in 9.5 parts water.—Uses:Constipation, and as antigalactic.—Dose:20—120 grn., several t. daily, in solut.
Potassium Sulphite Merck.—Pure.
White, opaque cryst., or slightly deliquescent, white powd.—Sol.in 4 parts water, slightly in alcohol.—Antizymotic.—Uses:Acid fermentation of stomach, and gastric ulceration.—Dose:15—60 grn.
Potassium Tartrate Merck.—Pure.
Soluble Tartar.—Colorl. cryst.—Sol.in 1.4 parts water.—Diuretic, Laxative.—Dose:Diuretic, 15—30 grn.,laxative, 1—3 drams.
Potassium Tellurate Merck.—C.P.
White cryst.—Sol.in water.—Antihidrotic.—Uses:Night-sweats of phthisis.—Dose:1/2—3/4grn., at night, in pills or alcoholic julep.
Potassium and Sodium Tartrate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Rochelle, orSeignette, Salt.—Dose:2—8 drams.—Preparation:Seidlitz Powder.
Powder, Antimonial—U.S.P.
James's Powder.—33 per cent. antimony oxide.—Alterative, Diaphoretic, Antipyretic.—Dose:2—10 grn.
Propylamine, so-called,—seeSolution, Trimethylamine.
Prostaden.
Standardized Dried Extract Prostate Gland,Knoll.—Uses:Hypertrophy of prostate.—Dose:Up to 40 grn., daily, in tablets or powder.
Protargol.
Proteid compound of silver: 8% silver.—Yellow powd.—Sol.in water.—Antigonorrhoic.—Appliedin1/4—1% solut.
Protonuclein.
Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Obtained from the lymphoid structures of the body by direct mechanical and physiological processes."—Brownish powd.—Antitoxic, Invigorator, Cicatrizant.—Dose:3—10 grn., 3 t. daily.—Extern.[to cancers] pure.")
Ptyalin Merck.
Amylolytic ferment of saliva.—Yellowish powd.—Sol.in glycerin; partly in water.—Uses:Amylaceous dyspepsia.—Dose:10—30 grn.
Pulsatilla—U.S.P.
Antiphlogistic, Sedative, Antispasmodic.—Used chiefly in 1:10 tinct., the dose of which is 2—10 min.
Pumpkin Seed—U.S.P.
Anthelmintic.—Dose:1—2 drams.
Pyoktanin, Blue.—Powder.—Also, Pencils.
Penta- andHexa-methyl-pararosaniline Hydrochlorate,Merck.—Non-poisonous, violet, cryst. powd.; nearly odorl.; solut. very diffusible in animal fluids.—Sol.in 12 parts 90% alcohol, 50 glycerin, 75 water; insol. in ether.—Antiseptic, Disinfectant, Analgesic.—Uses:Surgery, ophthalmiatric and otiatric practice, diseases of throat and nose, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, varicose ulcers, burns, wounds, malignant and syphilitic neoplasms, conjunctivitis, etc. Stains removed by soap, rubbing well and washing with alcohol.—Dose:In pyloric carcinoma, 1—5 grn., in caps.: at first once daily, then 2, finally 3 t. a day.—Max. D.: 10 grn.—Extern.pure, or 1:1000—1:100 solut.
Pyoktanin, Yellow.—Powder.—Also, Pencils.
Imido-tetramethyl-diamido-diphenyl-methane Hydrochlorate,Merck;Apyonine; C.P. Auramine.—Yellow powd.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Antiseptic, Disinfectant.—Uses:Considerably weaker than the blue, and principally employed in diseases of skin and in ophthalmiatric practice.
Pyrethrum—U.S.P.
Pellitory.—Topical Sialagogue; not used internally.—Preparation:Tr. (1:5).
Pyridine Merck.—C.P.
Colorl., limpid, hygroscopic liq.; empyreumatic odor; sharp taste.—Misciblewith water, alcohol, ether, fatty oils, etc.—Respiratory Sedative, Antigonorrhoic, Antiseptic.—Uses:Asthma, angina pectoris, dyspnea, gonorrhea, etc. Contra-indicated in heart weakness.—Dose:2—10 drops, several t. daily in water. Usually byinhalation; 45—75 ♏, evaporated spontaneously in room. As urethralinjection,1/3% solut.; aspaint, 10% solut.
Pyrogallol,—seeAcid, Pyrogallic.
Quassia—U.S.P.
Dose:10—30 grn.—Preparations:Ext. (D., 2—5 grn.); F.E. (1:1); Tr. (1:10). Infus. (1:60).—Used by enema as teniacide.
Quassin, Merck.—C.P.
Intensely bitter cryst. or powd.—Sol.in alcohol, chloroform; slightly in water.—Tonic, Stimulant.—Uses:Invigorate digestive organs.—Dose:1/30—1/3grn.
Quillaja—U.S.P.
Soap Bark.—Expectorant. Antiparasitic. Antihidrotic—Dose:10—30 grn.—Preparation:Tr. (1:5).
Quinalgen.
Analgen.—Derivative of quinoline.—Wh., tastel., insol. powd.—Anodyne.—Uses:Sciatica, migraine, gout, rheumatism, etc.—Dose:5—15 grn.
Quinidine Merck.
Chinidine; Conchinine.—From some species of Cinchona bark.—Colorl. prisms; effloresce on exposure.—Sol.in 20 parts alcohol, 30 parts ether, 2000 water.—Antiperiodic, Antipyretic, Antiseptic, Tonic—Uses:Substitute for quinine. Salts less agreeable to take, but more prompt in action.—Dose:Tonic,1/2—3 grn.:antiperiodic, 20—30 grn.; for acold, 5—10 grn. in syrup, capsule, or pill.—Max. D.: 40 grn.
Quinidine Sulphate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 8 parts alcohol, 100 water.—Dose:As of quinidine.
Quinine (Alkaloid) Merck—U.S.P.
The salts are usually prescribed. For hypodermic use, the bisulphate, dihydrochlorate, or carbamidated hydrochlorate is to be preferred.—Dose:Tonic,1/2—2 grn. 3 t. daily;antiperiodic, 8—15 grn. 6—12 hrs. before paroxysm;antipyretic, 15—30 grn. in the course of an hour.
Quinine Bisulphate.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 10 parts water, 32 parts alcohol; eligible for subcutaneous use.—Nasal Injection(in hay fever): 0.2% aqueous solut.—Dose:Same as of quinine alkaloid.
Quinine Dihydrochlorate Merck.
Well adapted to subcutaneous injection, on account of solubility.—Dose:Same as of quinine alkaloid.
Quinine Glycerino-phosphate Merck.
Colorl. needles; 68% quinine.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Nervine, chiefly in malarial neurasthenia, malnutrition, or neuralgia.—Dose:2—5 grn., 3 t. daily, in pills.
Quinine Hydrobromate Merck.
Dose:Same as of quinine alkaloid.
Quinine Hydrochlorate Merck.
Sol.in 3 parts alcohol, 9 parts chloroform, 34 parts water.—Dose:Same as of quinine alkaloid.
Quinine Salicylate Merck.
White, bitter cryst.—Sol.in 20 parts alcohol, chloroform, 120 parts ether, 225 parts water.—Antiseptic, Antipyretic, Analgesic—Uses:Typhoid, rheumatism, lumbago, and muscular pain from cold.—Dose:2—30 grn., in pill or caps.
Quinine Sulphate.—U.S.P.
Sol.in dil. acids; 740 parts water, 65 alcohol, 40 glycerin.—Dose:Same as of quinine alkaloid.—Incompatibles:Ammonia, alkalies, tannic acid, iodine, iodides, Donovan's solution, etc.
Quinine Tannate Merck.—Neutral and Tasteless.
Light-brown, insol. powd.—Usedchiefly for children.—Dose(Children): 5—15 grn., with chocolate, in powd. or tablets.
Quinine Valerianate Merck.—U.S.P.
Slight odor of valerian.—Sol.in 5 parts alcohol, 100 parts water.—Nerve-tonic, Antipyretic, etc.—Uses:Hemicrania and debilitated or malarial condition with a nervous state or hysteria.—Dose:2—6 grn.
Quinine & Urea Hydrochlorate Merck.
Carbamidated Quinine Dihydrochlorate.—Colorl. cryst.—Sol.freely in water, alcohol.—Used byInjection:2—8 grn.
(Other salts of Quinine are not described because used substantially as the above.)
Quinoidine Merck.
Chinoidine.—Very bitter, brownish-black mass.—Sol.in diluted acids, alcohol, chloroform.—Antiperiodic, Tonic, etc.—Uses:Intermittent and remittent fevers. Best taken between paroxysms.—Dose:2—15 grn.
Resin—U.S.P.
Rosin; Colophony.—Vulnerary; Irritant.—Preparations:Cerate (35 per cent.): Plaster (14 per cent.).
Resin, Jalap, Merck.—U.S.P.—True, Brown.
Heavy Jalap Resin.—Sol.in alcohol; partly solut. in ether.—Dose:2—5 grn.
Resin, Podophyllum, Merck.—Perfectly and Clearly Sol. in Alcohol and in Ammonia.
Podophyllin.—In habitual constipation, small continued doses act best.—Dose:1/8—1/2grn.; inacuteconstipation,3/4—11/2grn.
Resin, Scammony, Merck.—White, and Brown.
Dose:3—8 grn.
Resinol.—(Not Retinol!)
Unguentum Resinol.—Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Combination of active principle of Juniperus oxycedrus and a synthetical derivative of the coal-tar series, with lanolin-petrolatum base.—Antipruritic, Antiphlogistic, Dermic.—Extern.:pure, night and morning.")
Resorcin Merck.—C.P., Resublimed or Recryst.
Resorcinol.—White cryst.; reddish on exposure; unpleasant sweet taste.—Sol.in 0.5 part alcohol, 0.6 part water; ether, glycerin.—Antiseptic Antispasmodic, Antipyretic, Antiemetic, Antizymotic.—Uses:Intern., for vomiting, seasickness, asthma, dyspepsia, gastric ulcer, cholera infantum, hay-fever, diarrhea, whooping-cough, cystitis, and diphtheria;extern., inflammatory diseases of skin, eyes, throat, nose, mouth, urethra, vagina, etc.—Dose:Seasickness, chronic gastric catarrh, cholera nostras, or cholera morbus, 2—3 grn. every 1—2 hours, in solut. or powder;ordinary, 5—10 grn. several t. daily;antipyretic, 15—30 grn.—Max. D.:45 grn.—Extern.in 5—30% solut.
Retinol Merck.
Rosin Oil.—Viscid, yellow, oily liq.—SOL. in ether, oils, alcohol, oil turpentine, glycerin.—Antiseptic.—Uses:Intern., venereal affections;extern., oint. or liniment in skin diseases, and injection for gonorrhea; also solvent of phosphorus, salol, camphor, naphtol, carbolic acid, etc. Recommended as excipient for phosphorus.—Dose:5—10 ♏, 4—6 t. daily, in capsules.—Extern.:10—50% oint.
Rhubarb—U.S.P.
Dose:Tonic, 3—10 grn.,lax., 10—20 grn.;purg., 20—40 grn.—Preparations:Ext. (D., 1—3—10 grn.); F.E. (1:1); Pills (3 grn.); Comp. Pills (rhub., aloes, myrrh); Tr. (1:10); Arom. Tr. (1:5); Sweet Tr. (1:10, with liquorice and glycerin); Syr. (10 per cent. F.E.); Arom. Syr. (15 per cent. arom. tr.); Comp. Powd. (rhub., 25; magnes., 65; ginger, 10). Rhus Glabra—U.S.P.
Sumach Berries.—Astringent.—Preparation:F.E. (D., 30—60 min.).
Rhus Toxicodendron—U.S.P.
Poison Ivy; Poison Oak.—Alterative, Cerebral and Spinal Stimulant.—Used mostly as 20 per cent. tr., 5—30 min. per dose.
Rochelle Salt,—seePotassium & Sodium Tartrate.
Rose, Red—U.S.P.
Astringent.—Preparations:F.E. (30—60 min.); Confect. (8:100); Honey (12 per cent. F.E.); Syr. (121/2per cent. F.E.).
Rubidium Iodide Merck.
White cryst.—Sol.in water.—Alterative.—Uses:As potassium iodide. Does not derange stomach.—Dose:1—5 grn.
Rubidium & Ammonium Bromide Merck.
White, or yellowish-white, powd.; cooling taste; saline after-taste.—Sol.in water.—Antiepileptic, Sedative, Hypnotic.—Uses:Epilepsy, and as soporific, instead of potassium bromide.—Dose:Antiepileptic,60—100 grn. daily, in solut.;hypnotic, 60—75 grn.
Rubus—U.S.P.
Blackberry.—Astringent.—Preparations:F.E. (D., 30—60 min.); Syr. (25 per cent. F.E.).
Rumex—U.S.P.
Yellow Dock.—Alterative, Antiscorbutic.—Preparation:F.E. (D., 15—60 min.).
Saccharin Tablets Merck.
Each tablet equal in sweetness to a large lump of sugar.—Uses:For sweetening tea, coffee, and other beverages.
Saccharin.—Refined.
Benzoyl-sulphonic Imide,Fahlberg;Gluside.—White powd.; over 500 times as sweet as cane sugar.—Sol.in 50 parts ether, 30 parts alcohol, 230 parts water. Alkaline carbonates increase solubility in water.—Non-fermentable Sweetener.—Uses:Sweeten food of diabetics and dyspeptics; cover taste of bitter and acrid remedies.
Saffron—U.S.P.
Dose: 10—20 grn.—Preparation:Tr. (1:10).
Salicin Merck.
Sol.in 28 parts water, 30 parts alcohol.—Tonic, Antiperiodic, Antirheumatic.—Uses:Rheumatism, malaria, general malaise, and chorea.—Dose:20—30 grn.—Max. D.: 150 grn. daily.
Saliformin.
Hexamethylene-tetramine Salicylate,Merck;Formin Salicylate.—White, cryst. powd., of agreeable acidulous taste.—Sol.easily in water or alcohol.—Uric-acid Solvent and Genito-urinary Antiseptic.—Uses:Gout, gravel, cystitis, etc.—Dose:15—30 grn. daily.
Salligallol.
Pyrogallol Disalicylate,Knoll.—Resinous solid.—Sol.in 6 parts acetone, 15 parts chloroform.—Skin varnish, of weak pyrogallol effect.—Uses:Chiefly as vehicle for eugallol, eurobin, and other dermics applicable as varnish.—Extern.: 2—15% solut. in acetone.
Salipyrine.
Antipyrine Salicylate.—Wh. powd.; odorl.; sweetish taste.—Sol.in 250 parts water in alcohol, chloroform, ether.—Antirheumatic, Analgesic.—Dose:10—30 grn., in cachets.
Salol Merck.—U.S.P.
Phenol Salicylate.—Sol.in 0.3 part ether; chloroform, 10 parts alcohol; fatty oils; almost insol. in water.—Antiseptic, Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, etc.—Uses:Intern., typhoid fever, diarrhea, dysentery, fermentative dyspepsia, rheumatism, grip, and cystitis;extern., wounds, burns, sores, etc. Coating for enteric pills; such pills should be taken one hour or more after meals, and no oil with them.—Dose:3—15 grn.; asantipyretic, 30—45 grn.
Salophen.
Acetyl-para-amidophenol Salicylate.—Wh., odorl., tastel. leaflets or powd.; 51% salicylic acid.—Sol.in alcohol, ether; insol. in water.—Antirheumatic.—Dose:15—20 grn.
Salt, Epsom,—seeMagnesium Sulphate.
Salt, Glauber,—seeSodium Sulphate.
Salt, Rochelle,—seePotassium and Sodium Tartrate.
Saltpeter,—seePotassium Nitrate.
Salvia—U.S.P.
Sage.—Tonic, Astringent, Stimulant.—Dose:10—30 grn., as infus. (1:30) or fl. ext. (1:1).
Sambucus—U.S.P.
Elder.—Stimulant, Diuretic, Diaphoretic.—Dose:4—8 drams, in infus. drank hot.
Sanguinaria—U.S.P.
Blood Root.—Expectorant, Emetic.—Dose:3—20 grn.—Preparations:F.E. (1:1); Tr. (15:100).—See also, Sanguinarine.
Sanguinarine Merck.—C.P.
Small, white needles; acrid, burning taste.—Sol.in chloroform, alcohol, ether.—Expectorant, Alterative, Emetic.—Uses:Chiefly as expectorant; also in dyspepsia, debility, etc.—Dose:Expectorant,1/12—1/8grn., in solut.;alterative,1/6—1/4grn.;emetic,1/2—1 grn.
Sanguinarine Nitrate Merck.
Red powd.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Uses, Doses, etc., same as alkaloid.
Sanguinarine Sulphate Merck.
Red powd.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Uses, Doses, etc., same as alkaloid.
Santonin Merck.—U.S.P.
Anhydrous Santoninic Acid.—Sol.in 4 parts chloroform, 40 parts alcohol, 140 parts ether, 5000 parts water.—Dose:2—4 grn.; children of 2 years,1/4—1/2grn.—Preparation:Troches (1/2grn.).
Sarsaparilla—U.S.P.
Preparations:Comp. Decoct. (D., 1—4 oz.); F.E. (30—120 min.); Comp. F.E. (D., 30—120 min.); Comp. Syr. (flavoring).
Sassafras—U.S.P.
Carminative, Aromatic Stimulant.—Preparation:Oil (D., 1—3 min.)
Sassafras Pith—U.S.P.
Demulcent, Emollient.—Preparation:Mucilage (1:50).
Savine—U.S.P.
Rubefacient. Emmenagogue.—Preparations:F.E. (D., 5—20 min.); Oil (D., 1—5 min.).
Scammony—U.S.P.
Dose:5—15 grn.—Preparation:Resin (D., 3—8 grn.).
Scoparius—U.S.P.
Broom.—Diuretic, Purgative.—Dose:30—60 grn., as fl. ext. (1:1) or infus. (1:20).—See also, Sparteine.
Scopolamine Hydrobromate Merck.
Colorl., hygroscopic cryst.—Sol. in water, alcohol.—Mydriatic, Sedative.—Uses:Extern., in ophthalmology,1/10—1/5% solut.;subcutaneouslyfor the insane.—Injection:1/250—1/64grn.—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach pump, muscarine, tannin, animal charcoal, cathartics, etc.
Scutellaria—U.S.P.
Scullcap.—Sedative, Antispasmodic.—Preparation:F.E. (D., 30—60 min.).
Senega—U.S.P.
Dose:5—20 grn.—Preparation:F.E. (1:1); Syr. (20 per cent. F.E.).
Seng.
Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Active constituents of Panax Schinseng in an aromatic essence.—Stomachic.—Dose:1 fl. dr.")
Senna—U.S.P.
Dose:1—4 drams.—Preparations:Confect. (D., 1—2 drams), F.E. (1:1); Comp. Infus. (D., 1—3 oz.); Syr. (1:4).—Enters into Comp. Liquorice Powd.
Serpentaria—U.S.P.
Virginia Snakeroot.—Tonic, Antiperiodic, Diaphoretic.—Dose:10—30 grn.—Preparations:F.E. (1:1) Tr. (1:10).—Enters into Comp. Tr. Cinchona.
Serum, Antituberculous, Maragliano.—(Only in 1 Cc. [16 min.] tubes.)
Antitoxin against Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Dose(subcutaneous): Inapyreticcases, 16 ♏ (1 cubic centimetre) every other day for 10 days, then daily for 10 days, and 30 ♏ twice a day thereafter until sweats have entirely subsided, when 16 ♏ are injected for a month every other day, and finally once a week for a year. Infebrilecases, if the fever be slight and intermittent, dosage the same as above; if continuous and intense, inject 160 ♏; and if there be a marked fall of temperature repeat in a week, and so continue until fever is gone, then inject 16—32 ♏ daily.
Silver Chloride Merck.
White powd.; blackens on exposure to light.—Sol.in ammonia, potassium thiosulphate, potassium cyanide.—Antiseptic, Nerve-sedative.—Uses:Chorea, gastralgia, epilepsy, pertussis, diarrhea, and various neuroses.—Dose:½—1-½ grn., in pills.—Max. D.:3 grn.
Silver Citrate Merck.
White, dry powd.—Sol.in about 4000 parts water.—Antiseptic Astringent.—Uses:Wounds, gonorrhea, etc.—Appliedin 1—2% oint., or 1—2:8000 solut.—Always prepare solut. fresh!
Silver Cyanide Merck.—U.S.P.
SOL. in solut's of potassium cyanide, ammonia, sodium thiosulphate.—Antiseptic, Sedative.—USES: Epilepsy, chorea.—Dose:1/60—1/20grn., in pills.—ANTIDOTES: Ammonia, chlorine, mixture of ferric and ferrous sulphates, artificial respiration, stomach siphon.
Silver Iodide Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in solut. potassium iodide or cyanide, ammonium thiosulphate.—Alterative.—Uses:Gastralgia and syphilis.—Doses:3/4—1 grn., in pills.
Silver Lactate Merck.
Small needles or powd.—Sol.in 20 parts water.—Antiseptic Astringent.—Uses:Sore throat, gonorrhea, etc.—Appliedin 1—2:4000 solut.
Silver Nitrate Merck.—U.S.P.—Cryst.
Sol.in 0.6 part water, 26 parts alcohol.—Dose:1/8—1/2grn.—Antidotes:Solut. common salt, sal ammoniac, mucilaginous drinks, emetics, stomach siphon, white of egg, milk, etc.—Incompatibles:Organic matter, hydrochloric acid, chlorides, phosphates, arsenites, opium, extracts, resins, essential oils, tannin, etc.
Silver Nitrate, Moulded (Fused), Merck.—U.S.P.
Lunar Caustic.
Silver Nitrate, Diluted, Merck.—U.S.P.
Mitigated Caustic.—33-1/3% silver nitrate.
Silver Oxide Merck.—U.S.P.
Dose:1/12—1/6—3/4grn., best mixed with some chalk and put up in capsules.—Incompatibles:Ammonia, creosote, tannin, acids.—Caution:Do not triturate with oxidizable matter; may cause explosion!
Soap—U.S.P.
White Castile Soap.—Detergent, Laxative.—Dose:3—10 grn.—Preparations:Lin.; Plaster.
Soap, Soft—U.S.P.
Green Soap.—Not used internally.—Preparation:Lin.
Sodium Acetate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Sol.in 1.4 parts water, 30 parts alcohol.—Diuretic.—Dose:15—120 grn.
Sodium Arsenate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 4 parts water, 2 parts glycerin.—Dose:1/24—1/8grn.—Preparation:Solut. (1%).—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach siphon, fresh ferric hydrate, dialyzed iron, ferric hydrate and magnesia, demulcents, stimulants, warmth, etc.
Sodium Benzoate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in about 2 parts water, 45 parts alcohol.—Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, Antiseptic—Uses:Rheumatism, gout, uremia, cystitis, lithemia, tonsillitis, colds, etc.—Dose:10—40 grn.
Sodium Bicarbonate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Dose:10—40 grn.—Preparation:Troches (3 grn.).—Caution:Should not be given as acid-antidote, as it evolves large quantities of carbon dioxide gas.
Sodium Bisulphite Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 4 parts water, 72 parts alcohol.—Antiseptic.—Uses:Intern., sore mouth, diphtheria, yeasty vomiting;extern., skin diseases.—Dose:10—30 grn.
Sodium Borate Merck.—U.S.P.
Borax; Sodium Pyroborate; so-called "Sodium Biborate" or "Tetraborate."—Sol.in 16 parts water; 1 part glycerin.—Uses:Intern., amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, epilepsy, uric-acid diathesis;extern., sore mouth, conjunctivitis, urethritis, etc.—Dose:30—40 grn.
Sodium Borate, Neutral, Merck.
Erroneouslydesignated as "Sodium Tetraborate."—Transparent, fragile, splintery, glass-like masses.—Sol.in water.—Antiseptic, Astringent.—Uses:Extern., chiefly in diseases of nose and ear; a cold saturated solut. used for bandages.
Sodium Borobenzoate Merck.—N.F.
White, cryst. powd.—Sol.in water.—Antiseptic, Antilithic, Diuretic.—Uses:Rheumatism, gravel, and puerperal fever.—Dose:30—120 grn.
Sodium Bromide.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 1.2 parts water, 13 parts alcohol.—Dose:10—60 grn.
Sodium Carbonate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 1.6 parts water, 1 part glycerin.—Dose:5—20 grn.—Antidotes:Acetic acid, lemon juice, olive oil, etc.
Sodium Chlorate Merck.—U.S.P.
Colorl. cryst.; odorl.; cooling, saline taste.—Sol.in 1.1 parts water, 5 parts glycerin, 100 parts alcohol.—Deodorant, Antiseptic, Alterative.—Uses:Intern., diphtheria, tonsillitis, pharyngeal and laryngeal inflammation, stomatitis, gastric cancer, mercurial ptyalism, etc.;extern., as wash, gargle or injection.—Dose:5—15 grn.—Incompatibles:Organic matters, easily oxidizable substances.—Caution:Do not triturate with sulphur or phosphorus, or any combustible substance; severe explosion may occur!
Sodium Choleate Merck.
Dried Purified Ox-Gall.—Yellowish-white, hygroscopic powd.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Tonic, Laxative.—Uses:Deficient biliary secretion, chronic constipation, etc.—Dose:5—10 grn.
Sodium Cinnamate Merck.—C.P.
White powd.—Sol.in water.—Antitubercular, like cinnamic acid.—Injection(intravenous or parenchymatous):1/3—1 grn. in 5% solut., twice a week.
Sodium Dithio-salicylate, Beta-, Merck.
Grayish-white, hygroscopic powd.—Sol.in water.—Antineuralgic, Antirheumatic.—Uses:Intern., sciatica, gonorrheal rheumatism, etc.—Dose:2—10 grn.
Sodium Ethylate, Liquid, Merck.
Colorl. syrupy liq.; turns brown on keeping.—Escharotic.—Uses:Warts, nævi, etc.—Appliedwith glass rod, pure. Chloroform arrests caustic action.
Sodium Ethylate, Dry, Merck.
White or brownish, hygroscopic powd.—Action and Uses:As above.—Appliedin solut. 1:3 absolute alcohol.
Sodium Fluoride Merck.—Pure.
Clear cryst.—Sol.in water.—Antispasmodic, Antiperiodic, Antiseptic.—Uses:Intern., epilepsy, malaria, tuberculosis;extern., antiseptic dressing for wounds and bruises, as mouth-wash, in vaginitis, etc. Does not attack nickel-plated instruments.—Dose:1/12—1/6grn., in solut. with sodium bicarbonate.—Applied:Wounds, in1/20—1/10% solut.;mouth-wash, etc., in1/2—1% solut.
Sodium Formate Merck.
White, deliquescent cryst.—Sol.in water, glycerin.—Uses:Hypodermically in surgical tuberculosis.—Injection(parenchymatous):Children,1/2—1 grn. in solut., every 7—10 days;adults, 3 grn., every 7—10 days.
Sodium Glycerino-phosphate Merck.—50% Solut.
Yellowish liq.—Sol.in water.—Uses:Deficient nerve-nutrition, neurasthenia, phosphaturia, convalescence from influenza, etc.—Injection:3—4 grn. daily, in physiological solut. sodium chloride.
Sodium Hippurate Merck.
White powd.—Uses:In cachexias, and diseases due to uric-acid diathesis.—Dose:10—20 grn.
Sodium Hydrate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Sodium Hydroxide; Caustic Soda.—Dose:1/2—1 grn., freely diluted.—Preparation:Solut. (5%).—Antidotes:Water, and then vinegar, or lemon juice.
Sodium Hypophosphite Merck.—Purified.
Sol.in 1 part water, 30 parts alcohol.—Dose:10—30 grn.
Sodium Hyposulphite,—seeSodium Thiosulphate.
Sodium Iodide Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in about 1 part water, 3 parts alcohol.—Uses:Rheumatism, pneumonia, tertiary syphilis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, scrofula, etc.—Dose:5—60 grn.
Sodium Naphtolate, Beta-, Merck.
Microcidin.—Yellowish to white powd.—Sol.in 3 parts water.—Uses:Surgical antiseptic on bandages, etc.—Appliedin 3—5% aqueous solut.
Sodium Nitrate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
Chili Saltpeter.—Sol.in 1.3 parts water, 100 parts alcohol.—Uses:Intern., inflammatory condition of intestines, dysentery, etc.;extern., rheumatism, 1:3 aqueous solut.—Dose:10—60 grn.
Sodium Nitrite Merck.—C.P.
White cryst. or sticks; mildly saline taste.—Sol.in 1.5 parts water; slightly in alcohol.—Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Diuretic.—Uses:Angina pectoris, dropsy, and diseases of genito-urinary organs.—Dose:1—3 grn.
Sodium Paracresotate Merck.
Microcryst. powd.; bitter taste.—Sol.in 24 parts warm water.—Antipyretic, Intestinal Antiseptic, Analgesic.—Uses:Acute gastric catarrh, acute rheumatism, pneumonia, typhoid fever, etc.—Dose:2—20 grn., according to age, 3 t. daily, in aqueous solut. with extract licorice.
Sodium Phosphate Merck.—C.P.
Colorl. cryst.—Sol.in about 20 parts water.—Uses:Chronic rheumatism, stimulant of biliary secretion, mild laxative, and vesical calculi.—Dose:5—40 grn.; as laxative,1/2—1 ounce.
Sodium Pyrophosphate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 10 parts water.—Uses:Lithiasis.—Dose:5—40 grn.
Sodium Salicylate Merck—U.S.P.
Sol.in 1 part water, 6 parts alcohol; glycerin.—Dose:5—40 grn.—Max. D.:60 grn.—Incompatibles:Ferric salts.
Merck'sSodium Salicylate isthe only brandwhich yields a clear andcolorlesssolut.
Sodium Salicylate Merck.—From Oil Wintergreen.
Uses, etc., as above.
Sodium Santoninate Merck.
Stellate groups of needles: mildly saline and somewhat bitter taste; turn yellow on exposure to light.—Sol.in 3 parts water, 12 parts alcohol.—Anthelmintic.—Uses:Instead of santonin; less powerful.—Dose(adult): 2—6 grn., in keratinized pills: children 4—10 years old, 1—3 grn.
Sodium Silico-fluoride Merck.
White cryst. or granular powd.—Sol.in 200 parts water.—Antiseptic, Germicide, Deodorant, Styptic.—Uses:Extern., wounds, carious teeth, cystitis, gonorrhea, for irrigating cavities, and in gynecological practice.—Appliedin1/5% solut.
Sodium Sulphate Merck.—C.P., Cryst. or Dried.
Glauber's Salt.—Sol.in 3 parts water; glycerin.—Dose:Cryst., 2—8 drams;dried, 1—4 drams.
Sodium Sulphite Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 4 parts water, sparingly in alcohol.—Uses:Skin diseases, sore mouth, diphtheria, sarcina ventriculi, and chronic mercurial affections.—Dose:10—60 grn.
Sodium Sulpho-carbolate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in 5 parts water, 132 parts alcohol.—Antiseptic, Disinfectant.—Uses:Intern., dyspepsia, phthisis, typhoid fever, dysentery, etc.:extern., gonorrhea, putrid wounds, etc.—Dose:8—30 grn.—Extern.:1/2—1% solut.
Sodium Tartrate Merck.—C.P.
White cryst.—Sol.in water.—Uses:Tastel. substitute for Epsom salt.—Dose:4—8 drams.
Sodium Tellurate Merck.
White powd.—Sol.in water.—Antihidrotic, Antiseptic, Antipyretic—Uses:Night-sweats of phthisis; gastric ulcerations, rheumatism, and typhoid fever.—Dose:1/4—3/4grn., in alcoholic mixture or elixir.
Sodium Thiosulphate Merck(Sodium Hyposulphite, U.S.P.)
Sol.in 1 part water.—Uses:Parasitic skin diseases, sore mouth, sarcina ventriculi, diarrhea, flatulent dyspepsia, etc.—Dose:5—20 grn.—Incompatibles:Iodine, acids.
Solanin Merck.—Pure.
Colorl., lustrous, fine needles; bitter taste.—Analgesic, Nerve-sedative.—Uses:Neuralgia, vomiting of pregnancy, bronchitis, asthma, painful gastric affections, epileptoid tremors, locomotor ataxia, etc.—Dose:1/4—1 grn.—Max. D.: 11/2grn. single, 8 grn. daily.
Solution, Aluminium Acetate, Merck.
8% basic aluminium acetate.—Clear, colorl. liq.—Antiseptic, Astringent.—Uses:Intern., diarrhea and dysentery;extern., lotion for putrid wounds and skin affections, mouth wash.—Dose:3—15 ♏—Extern., solut. 1:15; as mouth-wash or enema, 1:150.
Solution, Ammonium Acetate—U.S.P.
Spirit Mindererus.—Diaphoretic, Antipyretic, Diuretic—Dose:2—8 drams.
Solution, Arsenic and Mercuric Iodides, Merck.—U.S.P.
Donovan's Solution.—Dose:5—10 ♏—Antidotes:Same as for arsenous acid.—Incompatibles:Alkalies and alkaloids or their salts.
Solution, Calcium Bisulphite, Merck.
Liq.; strong sulphurous odor.—Disinfectant, Antiseptic—Uses:Extern., diluted with 4—8 t. weight water, in sore throat, diphtheria, vaginitis, endometritis, wounds, etc.
Solution, Calcium Hydrate—U.S.P.
Lime Water.—Antacid, Astringent.—Dose:1—4 oz.—Preparation:Liniment.
Solution, Fowler's, Merck,(Solut. Potassium Arsenite, U.S.P.).
Never give on an empty stomach!—Dose:1—5 ♏.—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach siphon; freshly precipitated ferric hydrate; or ferric hydrate with magnesia; or saccharated ferric oxide; etc.
Solution, Hydrogen Peroxide.—U.S.P.
3% H2O2(= 10 vols. available O).—Sol.in all proportions water or alcohol.—Disinfectant, Deodorant, Styptic, Antizymotic.—Usedchieflyextern.: in diphtheria, sore throat, wounds, gonorrhea, abscesses, etc.;rarely intern.: in flatulence, gastric affections, epilepsy, phthisical sweats, etc.—Dose:1—4 fl. drs., well dil.Extern.: in 20% solut. to pure.—Caution:Keep cool and quiet. It rapidly deteriorates!
Solution, Iodine, Compound—U.S.P.
Lugol's Solution.—5 per cent. iodine, 10 per cent. potass. iodide.—Alterative.—Dose:1—10 min.
Solution, Iron Acetate—U.S.P.
31 per cent. (= 7.5 per cent. iron).—Chalybeate, Astringent.—Dose:2—10 min.
Solution, Iron Albuminate, Merck.
Brown liq.—0.4% iron.—Hematinic; easily assimilable.—Uses:Anemia, chlorosis, etc.—Dose:1—4 drams, with milk, before meals.Merck'sSolution of Iron Albuminate is superior to other makes in point of palatability and stability, besides being perfectly free from acidity and astringency and hence not injuring the teeth or stomach.
Solution, Iron Chloride, Ferric—U.S.P.
37.8 per cent.—Styptic (chiefly in post-partum hemorrhage: 1 dram to pint water).
Solution, Iron Citrate, Ferric—U.S.P.
7.5 per cent. iron.—Hematinic.—Dose:5—15 min.
Solution, Iron Nitrate—U.S.P.
6.2 per cent. ferric nitrate.—Tonic, Intern. Astringent.—Dose:5—15 min.
Solution, Iron Subsulphate, Ferric—U.S.P.
Monsel's Solution.—Styptic, Astringent.—Usedchiefly extern.: pure or in strong solut.—Dose:2—10 min.
Solution, Iron and Ammonium Acetate—U.S.P.
Basham's Mixture.—Hematinic, Astringent.—Dose:1/2—1 fl. oz.
Solution, Lead Subacetate—U.S.P.
Goulard's Extract.—25 per cent.—Astringent, Antiseptic.—Usedchiefly to make theDiluted Solution(lead water), and theCerate(20 per cent.).
Solution, Magnesium Citrate—U.S.P.
Laxative, Refrigerant.—Dose:6—12 fl. oz.
Solution, Mercury Nitrate. Mercuric—U.S.P.
60 per cent.—Caustic.—Usedonly extern.: pure.
Solution, Potassium Hydrate—U.S.P.
Potassa Solution.—5 per cent. KOH.—Antacid, Antilithic, Diuretic.—Dose:5—20 min., well diluted.—Incompatibles:Organic matter, alkaloids, ammonium salts.—Antidotes: Mild acids, oils, milk.
Solution. Soda, Chlorinated—U.S.P.
Labarraque's Solution.—2.6 per cent. available chlorine.—Disinfectant, Antizymotic.—Dose:20—60 min., diluted.—Extern.in 3—10 per cent. solut.
Solution, Sodium Arsenate—U.S.P.
1 per cent.—Alterative, Antiperiodic.—Dose:3—10 min.
Solution, Sodium Hydrate—U.S.P.
Soda Solution.—5 per cent. Na OH.—Action, Uses, Dose, etc.: As of Solut. Potass. Hydr.
Solution, Sodium Silicate—U.S.P.
20 per cent. silica, 10 per cent. soda.—Used only for surgical dressings.
Solution, Trimethylamine, Merck.—10%.—Medicinal.
So-called "Propylamine."—Colorl. liq.; strong fishy and ammoniacal odor.—Antirheumatic, Sedative.—Uses:Rheumatism, chorea, etc.—Dose:15—45 ♏; in chorea as much as 11/2ounces daily may be given, in sweetened, flavored water.
Solution, Zinc Chloride—U.S.P.
50 per cent.—Disinfectant, Astringent.
Sozoiodole-Mercury.
Mercury Diiodo-paraphenol-sulphonate,Trommsdorff.—Orange powd.—Sol.in solut. of sodium chloride or potassium iodide.—Antisyphilitic, Antiseptic, Alterative.Uses:Syphilitic eruptions and ulcers, enlarged glands, parasitic skin diseases, and diseased joints.—Appliedin 2—20% oint. or powd.;Injection(hypodermically), 1—3 grn., in solut. of potassium iodide.
Sozoiodole-Potassium.
Potassium Diiodo-paraphenol-sulphonate,Trommsdorff.—White, odorl., cryst. powd.; 52.8% of iodine; 20% of phenol; and 7% sulphur.—Sol.slightly in cold water; insol. in alcohol.—Antiseptic Vulnerary; Non-poisonous Succedaneum for Iodoform.—Uses:Extern., scabies, eczema, herpes tonsurans, impetigo, syphilitic ulcers, diphtheria, burns, and scalds; ozena, otitis, and rhinitis; injection for gonorrhea.—Appliedin 10—25% oint's or dusting-powders, which are as effective as iodoform pure.—Incompatibles:Mineral acids, ferric chloride, silver salts.
Sozoiodole-Sodium.
Sodium Diiodo-paraphenol-sulphonate,Trommsdorff.—Colorl. needles.—Sol.in 44 parts water; alcohol, 20 parts glycerin.—Antiseptic, Astringent, Antipyretic.—Uses:Intern., as intestinal antiseptic, and in diabetes;extern., gonorrhea, cystitis, nasal catarrh, ulcers, whooping-cough, etc.—Dose:5—30 grn. daily.—Extern.:10% oint., with adeps lanæ, 1% solut. in water, or 2% solut. in paraffin. In whooping-cough, 3 grn. daily, blown into nose.
Sozoiodole-Zinc.
Zinc Diiodo-paraphenol-sulphonate,Trommsdorff.—Colorl. needles.—Sol.in 25 parts water, in alcohol, glycerin.—Antiseptic Astringent.—Uses:Gonorrhea, nasal and pharyngeal catarrhs, etc.—Applied:Rhinitis, 5—10% trituration with milk sugar by insufflation, or 3—5% paint;gonorrhea,1/2—1% solut.;skin diseases, 5—10% oint.;gargle, 1—2% solut.
Sparteine Sulphate Merck.—U.S.P.
Sol.in water, alcohol.—Heart-stimulant, Diuretic.—Uses:Best where digitalis fails or is contra-indicated.—Dose:1/4—1 grn.
Spearmint—U.S.P.
Preparations:Oil (D., 2—5 min.); Spt. (10 per cent. oil); Water (one-fifth per cent. oil).
Spermine, Poehl.—Sterilized.
2% solut. of spermine hydrochlorate with sodium chloride.—Nervine.—Uses:Nervous diseases with anemia, neurasthenia, hystero-epilepsy, angina pectoris, locomotor ataxia, asthma, etc.; usually hypodermically.—Injection:15 ♏, usually given on the lower extremities or near the shoulder-blade, once daily, for 8 or 10 days.—Incompatiblewith potassium iodide treatment.
Spermine Poehl.—Essence.
4% aromatized alcoholic solut. of the double-salt spermine hydrochlorate-sodium chloride.—Uses:Intern., for same diseases as the preceding.—Dose:10—30 ♏, in alkaline mineral water, every morning.
Spigelia—U.S.P.
Pinkroot.—Anthelmintic.—Dose:1—2 drams.—Preparation:F.E. (1:1).
Spirit, Ants, True, Merck.
From ants.—Rubefacient.—Uses:Counter-irritant in painful local affections.—Appliedundiluted.
Spirit Glonoin—U.S.P.
Spirit (Solution) of Nitroglycerin (Trinitrin).—1 per cent.—Antispasmodic, Vaso-dilator.—Dose:1—3 min.
Spirit, Melissa, Concentrated, Merck.
Rubefacient, Stimulant, Carminative.—Uses:Extern., as counter-irritant;intern., in cardialgia, colic, and diarrhea.—Dose:1/2—1 dram on sugar.
Spirit, Nitrous Ether—U.S.P.
Dose:30—90 min.—Incompatibles:Antipyrine, tannin, acetanilid, phenacetin, iodides, fl. ext. buchu, tr. guaiac, and morphine salts.
Squill—U.S.P.
Dose:1—3 grn.—Preparations:F.E. (1:1); Syr. (45 per cent. vinegar squill); Comp. Syr. (F.E. squill, 8 per cent.; F.E. senega, 8 per cent.; tartar emetic, one-fifth per cent.); Tr. (15:100); Vinegar (1:10).
Staphisagria—U.S.P.
Stavesacre.—Parasiticide.—Usedextern., in substance or 1:16 solut. of fl. ext. in dil. acetic acid.
Starch—U.S.P.
Preparation:Glycerite (1:10).
Starch, Iodized, Merck.
2% iodine.—Bluish-black powd.—Disinfectant, Antiseptic.—Uses:Intern., diarrhea, typhoid fever, etc.;extern., with adeps lanæ, as substitute for tincture of iodine.—Dose:3—10 grn.
Stillingia—U.S.P.
Queen's Root.—Alterative, Resolvent.—Preparation:F.E. (D., 15—60 min.).
Storax—U.S.P.
Stimulant, Antiseptic, Expectorant.—Dose:5—20 grn.—Enters into Comp. Tr. Benzoin.
Stramonium Leaves—U.S.P.
Dose:2—5 grn.
Stramonium Seed—U.S.P.
Dose:1—3 grn.—Preparations:Ext. (D.,1/4—1/2grn.); F.E. (1:1); Oint. (10 per cent. Ext.); Tr. (15:100).
Strontium Arsenite Merck.
White powd.—Almost insol. in water.—Alterative, Tonic.—Uses:Skin diseases and malarial affections.—Dose:;1/30—1/15grn., in pills.
Strontium Bromide Merck.—Cryst.
Deliquescent, colorl., odorl. needles; bitter-saline taste.—Sol.in alcohol; 1—2 parts water.—Gastric Tonic, Nerve-sedative, Antiepileptic, Antinephritic.—Uses:Hyperacidity of stomach; rheumatism, gout, epilepsy, nervousness, hysteria, headache, etc.—Dose:10—40 grn. In epilepsy as much as 150 grn. may be given daily.
Strontium Iodide Merck.
White or yellowish, deliquescent powd. or plates; bitterish-saline taste.—Sol.in alcohol, ether; 0.6 parts water.—Alterative, Sialagogue.—Uses:Substitute for potassium iodide in heart disease, asthma, rheumatism, scrofula, etc.—Dose:10—20 grn.
Strontium Lactate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
White, granular powd.; slightly bitter taste.—Sol.in alcohol, 4 parts water.—Anthelmintic, Antinephritic, Tonic.—Uses:Nephritis, worms, rheumatism, gout, and chorea. Decreases albumin in urine, without diuresis.—Dose:10—20 grn.; for worms, 30 grn. twice daily for 5 days.
Strontium Salicylate Merck.—Cryst.
Sol.in about 20 parts water, in alcohol.—Antirheumatic, Tonic.—Uses:Rheumatism, gout, chorea, muscular pains, and pleurisy.Dose:10—40 grn.
Strophanthin Merck.—C.P.
White powd.; very bitter taste.—Sol.in water, alcohol.—Heart Tonic,notDiuretic.—Uses:Similar to digitalin.—Dose:1/200—1/60grn.—Antidotes:Emetics, stomach siphon, muscarine, atropine, camphor, picrotoxin.