A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeuticsF.A. Davis, 1908 - 1255 pages |
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Page 128
... astringent to the broken skin or raw surface , reducing exuberant granulations , checking hæmorrhage from irritable sores and old ulcers . Owing to its parasiticide action , it is the best remedy for the various forms of ringworm . In ...
... astringent to the broken skin or raw surface , reducing exuberant granulations , checking hæmorrhage from irritable sores and old ulcers . Owing to its parasiticide action , it is the best remedy for the various forms of ringworm . In ...
Page 129
... astringent action upon abraded surfaces . In the proportion of from 5 to 20 grains to the ounce of lard it acts well in epithelial ulcerations , old callous ulcers , or chronic eczemas . Quinine Oleate ( U. S. P. ) , 25 per cent ...
... astringent action upon abraded surfaces . In the proportion of from 5 to 20 grains to the ounce of lard it acts well in epithelial ulcerations , old callous ulcers , or chronic eczemas . Quinine Oleate ( U. S. P. ) , 25 per cent ...
Page 140
... astringent and antiseptic . The elixir of vitriol is the preferred form for checking the night - sweats of phthisis , and in some cases of diarrhoea . Sulphuric acid , with water , sweet- ened so as to make a pleasant drink , is a ...
... astringent and antiseptic . The elixir of vitriol is the preferred form for checking the night - sweats of phthisis , and in some cases of diarrhoea . Sulphuric acid , with water , sweet- ened so as to make a pleasant drink , is a ...
Page 141
... astringent taste , and is neutral in re- action . The ethyl sulphates are crystallizable and soluble in water . The ethyl - sulphate ( or sulphovinate ) of sodium has been used as a saline ca- thartic . Ethyl - sulphuric acid is an ...
... astringent taste , and is neutral in re- action . The ethyl sulphates are crystallizable and soluble in water . The ethyl - sulphate ( or sulphovinate ) of sodium has been used as a saline ca- thartic . Ethyl - sulphuric acid is an ...
Page 142
... astringent . Unguentum Acidi Tannici ( U. S. P . ) .— Ointment of Tannic Acid ( contains 20 per cent . of tannic ... astringency , such as oak - bark . Galls contain about 50 per cent . of tannic acid , which can be obtained by exposing ...
... astringent . Unguentum Acidi Tannici ( U. S. P . ) .— Ointment of Tannic Acid ( contains 20 per cent . of tannic ... astringency , such as oak - bark . Galls contain about 50 per cent . of tannic acid , which can be obtained by exposing ...
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Page 38 - The glass tube, which must not project above the inner surface of the cork, should extend from 3 to 4 Cm. beyond the outer surface of the cork, and should be provided with a closely fitting rubber tube, at least one-fourth longer than the percolator itself, and ending in another short glass tube, whereby the rubber tube may be so suspended that its orifice shall be above the surface of the menstruum in the percolator, a rubber band holding it in position. "The shape of a percolator should be adapted...
Page 38 - When the process is successfully conducted, the first portion of the liquid, or percolate, passing through the percolator will be nearly saturated with the soluble constituents of the substance treated; and if the quantity of menstruum be sufficient for its exhaustion, the last portion of the percolate will be destitute of color, odor, and taste, other than that possessed by the menstruum itself.
Page 708 - ... grains. The mortality of the typhoid fever of children has been very materially reduced by the employment of Phenacetine. The fall of temperature does not occur until half an hour after the drug has been taken and the effect continues from four to eight hours. As an antipyretic, Phenacetine is considered by many good authorities as the safest and most efficient member of the aniline group.
Page 693 - A mixture of the enzymes naturally existing in the pancreas of warm-blooded animals, usually obtained from the fresh pancreas of the hog, Sus scrofa or the ox, Bos taurus.
Page 756 - ... generally decomposed in the blood, the vegetable acid being destroyed, the base combining with carbonic acid and escaping in the urine, which it renders alkaline. The salts with mineral acids are not decomposed, but in passing through the body exercise more or less effect upon the blood and certain organs. The nitrate, in large doses, exerts a paralyzing influence upon the spinal cord, and produces great muscular weakness and reduction of reflex sensibility. In moderate doses the nitrate raises...
Page 40 - When the dregs of a tincture, or similar preparation, are to be subjected to percolation, after maceration with all or with the greater portion of the menstruum, the liquid portion should be drained off as completely as possible, the solid portion packed in a percolator, as before described, and the liquid poured on, until all has passed from the surface, when immediately a sufficient quantity of the original menstruum should be poured on to displace the absorbed liquid, until the prescribed quantity...
Page 409 - ... oil is more easily assimilated. The cough, expectoration and night sweats are diminished, and the physical signs improved. 5. Owing to its disinfectant action in the alimentary canal the drug probably diminishes the risk of tuberculous enteritis by auto-infection when patients swallow their sputa, but owing to the increased peristalsis, which is created by creosote, it is usually contra-indicated in cases where the ulceration is already advanced. 6. The drug does not tend to cause haemoptysis,...
Page 493 - ... slipped down into the external canal without the slightest discomfort to any child. Here the bougie soon dissolves, the anodyne is brought directly into contact with the inflamed surfaces and the pain is relieved. Besides being a medium for the exhibition of the opium...
Page 18 - A liquid obtained by the decomposition of vegetable or animal fats, or fixed oils, and containing not less than 95 per cent, of absolute Glycerol, a triatomic alcohol [CH,OH.CHOH.CH,OH = 91 .37].