Text-book of therapeutics and materia medicaLea Brothers, 1887 - 552 pages |
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... administered by the mouth , but unless it forms some- where in the intestinal canal a solution ( or , in the cases of fats , an emulsion ) it is not absorbed . Such , however , are the various properties of the gastro - intestinal ...
... administered by the mouth , but unless it forms some- where in the intestinal canal a solution ( or , in the cases of fats , an emulsion ) it is not absorbed . Such , however , are the various properties of the gastro - intestinal ...
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... administered in the usual way . The epidermis opposes an efficient barrier to the entrance of most drugs . A few , however , produce effects showing that they must have penetrated below the superficial layers without necessarily giving ...
... administered in the usual way . The epidermis opposes an efficient barrier to the entrance of most drugs . A few , however , produce effects showing that they must have penetrated below the superficial layers without necessarily giving ...
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... administered , drugs are very rapidly absorbed . Most drugs are efficient in smaller doses when given in this way than when taken into the stomach ; partly on account of their more rapid entry into the blood , and partly , perhaps ...
... administered , drugs are very rapidly absorbed . Most drugs are efficient in smaller doses when given in this way than when taken into the stomach ; partly on account of their more rapid entry into the blood , and partly , perhaps ...
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... administered , or some derivative , more or less closely allied . Different classes of drugs have decided preferences in regard to the excretions which shall be their channel of exit . Salts of alkalies and alkaline earths , most metals ...
... administered , or some derivative , more or less closely allied . Different classes of drugs have decided preferences in regard to the excretions which shall be their channel of exit . Salts of alkalies and alkaline earths , most metals ...
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... which produces irritation of the skin on its way in , produces again on its way out , irritation of the urinary organs , through which it is eliminated . SECTION III . PREPARATIONS AND EXCIPIENTS . DRUGS are administered.
... which produces irritation of the skin on its way in , produces again on its way out , irritation of the urinary organs , through which it is eliminated . SECTION III . PREPARATIONS AND EXCIPIENTS . DRUGS are administered.
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acetic ACIDUM action active administered alcohol alcohol at 15 alkaline alkaloid ammonia anæmia antipyretic antiseptic application aromatic astringent atropine bitter blood bromide carbolic acid carbonate cathartic cent chiefly chloral chloride chloroform chronic Citrate contains cubic centimeters demulcent diaphoretic digestion digitalis diluted diseases diuretic DOSE.-Five DOSE.-One drachms drug effect emetic ether external EXTRACTUM FERRI flavoring fluid-drachms FLUIDUM four grammes gastric given glycerine grains grammes increased infusion injection insoluble intestinal iodine iron irritant large doses less Liquor mercury milk milligrammes minims morphine mucilage mucous nervous odor odorless officinal ointment OLEUM opium ounce oxide patient pill poisoning POTASSII potassium powder preparations probably produce pulse quantity quinine reaction resin saline salt sixty skin small doses sodium soluble soluble in alcohol soluble in water solution starch stimulant stomach strychnine subcutaneously substance sugar sulphate sulphur symptoms syrup tannic acid taste temperature therapeutic thirty centigrammes tincture tion tonic urine volatile oil vomiting
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Page 297 - Soluble in all proportions in water and alcohol; also soluble in a mixture of 3 parts of alcohol and 1 part of ether, but insoluble in ether, chloroform, carbon disulphide, petroleum benzin, benzene, and fixed and volatile oils.
Page 186 - Pharmacopoeia, which is as follows : One part dissolved in 500 parts of water, acidulated with 7.5 parts of hydrochloric acid, should digest at least 50 parts of hard boiled Egg Albumen in 5 to 6 hours at ico° to 104° F. DRY PEPSIN CONCENTRATED, Possessing 8 times the strength of the above. Particularly' recommended to manufacturers.
Page 250 - 100 parts of the crystals are liquefied by the addition of about 5 parts of water; this liquid is rendered turbid by the further addition of water until 2,000 parts have been added, when a stable and clear solution is formed.
Page 239 - Soap occurs as a white or whitish solid, hard yet easily cut when fresh, or as a fine yellowish white powder, having a faint peculiar odor free from rancidity, a disagreeable alkaline taste and an alkaline reaction. It is soluble in water and in alcohol.
Page 262 - It is closely related to phenol, and is, like it, a powerful antiseptic in the proportion of one to one hundred. It is soluble in all the ordinary solvents, except chloroform and sulphide of carbon.
Page 189 - ... in order to keep up the heat. At the end of an hour, or an hour and a half the product is boiled for two or three minutes. It can then be used like ordinary milk.
Page 247 - Put eight grains of the chlorate of potassa into a pint bottle, and pour upon them one drachm of strong hydrochloric acid. Keep the mouth of the bottle closed until the violent action has ceased ; then add an ounce of water, and shake the mixture well ; then add another ounce of water, and again agitate well ; and so on, until the bottle is full. The chlorate should be pulverized, and in cold weather the bottle should first be warmed. A tablespoonful or two of this mixture, according to the age of...
Page 492 - A heavy, dark brownish-black powder, liable to reduction by exposure to light, odorless, and having a metallic taste.
Page 30 - A yellowish oily liquid, gradually becoming brown, rancid and acid, when exposed to the air; odorless or nearly so, tasteless, and, when pure, of a neutral reaction. Sp. gr.
Page 367 - Its specific gravity should not be more than 0.930 nor less than 0.917, corresponding approximately to an alcoholic strength of 44 to 50 per cent, by weight, or 50 to 58 per cent, by volume.