Pharmacology : action and uses of drugs / by Maurice Vejux Tyrode.

  • Tyrode, Maurice Vejux, 1878-
Date:
1912
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Credit: Pharmacology : action and uses of drugs / by Maurice Vejux Tyrode. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (G) Pyridin Series. Pyridin, colorless liquid with a peculiar odor, very soluble in water, alcohol and ether. Occasionally used by inhalation in dyspnoea and asthma. lodolimi (tetraiod-p>Trol) yellow powder, odorless, tasteless, almost insoluble in water. Contains 90 per cent, iodine. Used externally as an antiseptic dusting powder. Internally, as a substitute for iodide of potas- sium in syphilis. Dose:—0.03-0.5 G. Menthol lodol. Dose:—0.03-0.5 G. (H) Naphthalene Series. Naphthalennm (U.S.P.), hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar. It con- sists of volatile, colorless, shining cr>-stals with the odor of coal tar and an aromatic taste. Insoluble in water, soluble in 15 parts of alcohol, in ether and oils. It is used as an internal disinfectant in intestinal catarrh, in dysentery and tuberculosis of the intestines. Also as external antiseptic in scabies in a 10 per cent, ointment. Dose:—0.05-0.5 G. up to 6.0 G. in 24 hours. Average (U.S.P.) 0.125 ^• Betanaphthol (U.S.P.), Naphthol (B.P.), white crystal, soluble in about 1000 parts of water, very soluble in alcohol and ether. Used for the same purposes as naphthalene. For skin eruptions it is sometimes employed in a 5 per cent, solution. Dose:—0.05 to 0.5 G. Br. (3-10 grains). Average (U.S.P.j 0.25 G. Asaprol fcalcium sulphonate derivative of naphthol). It is a white powder soluble in water and alcohol. It is eliminated by the kidneys which it may irritate as naphthalene and naphthol. Same use as naphthalene. Dose:—o.i-i.o G. Epicarin (naphthol and toluic acid derivative), yellow powder, soluble in alcohol, ether, and oils. Used as naphthol for scabies in form of ointment. Said to be non-poisonous. (I) Benzoic Acid Series. Acidum Benzoicum (U.S.P.,B.P.), white crystals, aromatic odor, soluble in alcohol and ether, soluble in about 300 parts water; forms crystal- hzable salts with the alkalies. Dose:—1.0-4.0 G. up to 10.o G. in 24 hours. Br. (8-15 grains). Average (U.S.?.) 0.5. Sodii Benzoas (U.S.P.,B.P.), white crystals soluble in 2 parts of water. Dose:—1-4 G. Br. (8-30 grains). Average (U.S.P.) i.o G. Lithii Benzoas (U.S.P.), white crystals, soluble in 3 parts of water. Dose same as the above. Ammonii Benzoas (U.S,P.,B.P.), white crystals, soluble in 5 parts water. Dose same as the above. These substances are used chiefly as expectorants and antiseptics of the bronchial and urinary tracts. They are seldom used now as intestinal anti- septics. (J) Tar Series. Pix Liquida (U.S.P.,B.P.), or tar, is a thick brown, syrupy Hquid ob- tained by the dry distillation of pine wood. It consists of a mixture of phenols, cresols and naphthalenes. Dose:—Average (U.S.P.) 0.5 G.