Merck's manual of the materia medica, together with a summary of therapeutic indications and a classification of medicaments : a ready-reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon.

  • E. Merck (Firm)
Date:
1899
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Credit: Merck's manual of the materia medica, together with a summary of therapeutic indications and a classification of medicaments : a ready-reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cadinum Oleum. — see Oil Gadk. Caesium and Ammonium Bromide Merck. WMte, crjBt. powd. ^.SoL. in water. — Nervo-sedativo.— Usks; Epi- . lepsy, etc. — Dose: 15—46 grn. (1.0—3.0 grm.), 1 or 2t. daily. Caesium and Rubidium and Ammonium Bromide Merck. Uses: Nervous affections and epilepsy. — Dose: 15t—45 grn. (1.0-ij grm.), 1—2 t. daily. Caffeine Merck. — P. B. — Pure. Theine; guabanine. — Dose: 1—5 grn. (O.OG—0.3 grm.)'. — Max. D.: 5 grn. (0.3 grm.) single, 24 grn. (1.5 grm.) daily. Caffeine, Citrated, Merck. — P. B. (Improperly called “Citrate of Caffeine). — 50% caffeine. -• White powd.; acid taste. — Dose: 2—10 grn. (0.1—0.6 grm.). Caffeine Hydrobromate Merck. — True salt. Glass-like cryst.; reddish or greenish on exposure. — Sol. in water, with decomposition. — Uses: Chiefly as diuretic, hypodermically.— Injection : 4—lO Ijl (0.25—0.6 cc.) of solut. caffeine hydrobromate 10 parts, hydrobromic-acid 1 part, distilled water 3 parts. Intfinially. Dose: Va—5 grn. (0.03—0.3 grm.) or more. — Caittion; Keep weTl- stoppered, in brown bottles! Caffeine and Sodium Benzoate Merck. 45.8U/0 caffeine. — White powd. —Sol. in 2 p.arts water. —U.SES: By in- jection, 2—10 grn. (0.1—0.6 grm.). Caffeine and Sodium Salicylate Merck. 62.5% caffeine. — White powd. —Sol. in 2 parts water. — Uses; By in- jection; in rheumatism with heart disease, and in threatened collapse of pneumonia. — Dose: IV2—6 grn. (0.09—0.4 grm.). ■ Calamus. Bwut Fi.ab. - Do«! lS-60 KTH. (I.4-4.0 grm.). — PrtpoTation: F. E. (1:1). Calcium Bromide Merck. White 'granules: very deliquescent; sharp, saline taste. — Sol. in water, alcohol. — Nerve-sedative, like potassium bromide. — Uses: Epilepsy, hysteria, etc. — Dose: 10—-30 grn. (0.6—2.0 grpi.), B t daily^ Calcium Carbonate, Precipitated, Merck. — P B. Precipitated Chalk. — Dose: 10—60 grn. (0.6—4.0 grm.) in powder or mixture. Calcium Chloride Merck. — P. B. —Pure. Dose: 5—15 grn. (0.3—1.0 grm.). Calcium Glycerino-phosphate Merck. White cryst. powd. — Sol. in water; almost insol. in boiling water.- — Directly assimilable Nerve-tonic and Reconstructive. — USES; In rachitis, wasting diseases, and convalescence. — Dose: 3—10 grn. (0.2 — 0.6 grm.), 3 t. daily, in syrup or solut. Calcium Hippurate Merck. White powd. —Sol. slightly in hot water. — Alterative and .\ntiHtbir. — Uses: Cystitis, lithiasis, scrophulosis, phthisis, difficult dentition etc. — Dose: 5—15 grn. (0.3—1.0 grm.).