Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon: containing names of the chemicals and drugs ... / compiled from the most recent authoritative sources and published by Merck & Co.

Date:
1911
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Credit: Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon: containing names of the chemicals and drugs ... / compiled from the most recent authoritative sources and published by Merck & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    BUCHU.—Sitmulant, Tonic, Diuretic, Diaphoretic.—Uses: Diseases of kidneys, bladder, urethra, etc.—Preparation: Fl'extr., 15—60 V\ (1—4 Cc).—Incompatibles: Ferrous sulphate, infusion nutgall. BUTYL-CHLORAL HYDRATE MERCK.— Croton -Chi^gral Hy- drate.—Light, white, cryst. scales; pungent odor.—Sol. freely in alcohol, glycerin, ether; slightly in water; insoluble in chloroform.—Analgesic, Hypnotic, Teniafuge.—Uses: Trigeminal neuralgia, toothache, etc., in- somnia of heart disease.—Dose: Hypnot., 15—30grn. (1—2Gm.); analg., 3—7 grains (0.2—0.4 Gm.) every ^ hr. until relieved, or 15—20 gm. (1— 1.3 Gm.) at longer intervals;—in mixture of water, alcohol, and glycerin; or in pills.—Max. D.: 45 gm. (3 Gm.) single; 60 grn. (4 Gm.) daily.—As teniafuge 13 grn. (0.8 Gm.) at one dose in pills.—Extern.: With equal part phenol.—Antidotes: Picrotoxin, atropine, strychnine, caffeine; artificial respiration, stomach siphon. CADMIUM IODIDE MERCK.—Colorl., flaky cryst.—Sol. in water and alcohol.—Resolvent, Antiseptic.—Uses: Scrofulous glands, chronic in- flamm.of joints, chilblains, and skin diseases.—Applied in 10 to 15% oint. CADMIUM SULPHATE MERCK.—Colorl. cryst.—Sol. in water, alco- hol.—Antiseptic, Astringent.—Uses: Instead of zinc sulphate in eye washes (1:100).—Intern., rarely in syphilis, and rheumatism.—Dose: ^— I grain (0.006—0.012 Gm.) in pilL—Max. D.: 1^ gm. (0.1 Gm.) single; 6 gm. (0.36 Gm.) daily. CAFFEINE MERCK.—Pure.—Theine; Guaranine.—Colorl., silky, bitter cryst,—Sol. in abt. 80 parts water, 55 alcohol, 7 chloroform, 555 ether; solubility is increased by the addition of sodium benzoate or salicy- late, antipyrine, and potass, bromide.—Diuretic, Cardiac and Cerebral Stimulant, Muscle Invigorator.—Uses: Nervous headache, neuralgia, heart failure, cardiac dropsy, nephritis, collapse, senile pneumonia, enter- itis, etc.—Dose: 1—5 gm. (0.06—0.3 Gm.).—Max. D.: 10 grn. (0.6 Gm.) single, 30 gm. (2 Gm.) daily. CAFFEINE CITRATED MERCK.—U. S. P.—(Improperly called Ci- trate of Cafifeine ).—50% caffeine.—White powd.; acid taste.—Sol. in abt. 25 parts water; in mixture of 2 vols, chloroform and 1 alcohol.— Uses: As of caffeine.—Dose: 2—8 grn. (0.12—0.5 Gm.).—Max. D.: 10 grains (0.6 Gm.) single; 30 grains (2 Gm.) daily. CAFFEINE-EXTRACTED COFFEE,—see Dekofa. CAFFEINE HYDROBROMIDE MERCK.—True Salt.—Colorl. cryst.— Sol. in abt. 50 parts water, with decomp.—Uses: Chiefly as diuretic hy- podermically.—Dose: ^—5 grains (0.03—0.3 Gm.).—Injection: 4—10 Xl\ (0.25—0.6 Cc.) of solut. caffeine hydrobromide 10 parts, hydrobromic acid 1 part, distilled water 3 parts.—Caution: Keep well stoppered. CAFFEINE AND SODIUM BENZOATE MERCK.—Abt. 48% caffeine. White powd.—Sol. in abt. 2 parts water.—Uses: By injection, 2—10 gm. (0.12—0.6 Gm.). CAFFEINE AND SODIUM SALICYLATE MERCK.—45.45% caffeine. —White i)Owd.—Sol. in 2 parts water; difficulty soluble in alcohol.— Uses: By injection; in rheumatism with heart disease, and in threatened collapse of pneumonia.—Dose: 2—10 grn. (0.12—0.6 Grm.). CALCIUM BROMIDE MERCK.—White, very deliquescent granules; sharp, saline taste.—Sol. freely in water, alcohol.—Nerve Sedative, like potassium bromide.—Uses: Epilepsy, hysteria, etc.—Dose: 10—30 grn. (0.6—2 Gm.) 2 t. daily. CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPITATED MERCK.—Precipitated Chalk.—Fine white powd., insol. in water and alcohol; soluble in acids.— Antacid.—Uses: Diarrhea, and acid conditions of intestines and stomach. —Dose: 10—40 grn. (0.6—2.5 Gm.).—Incompatibles: Acids; alum; ammonium chloride. CALCIUM CARBONATE PREPARED.—Drop Chalk.—Uses and Doses: As of precipitated chalk.—Preparations: Comp. Powd., 10—30 gm. (0.6—2 Gm.); Mercury with Chalk, 3—10 gm. (0.2—0.6 Gm.); Chalk Mixt., 1—4 fl. drs. (4—16 Cc); Troches (4 gm. [0.25 Gm.]).— Incompatibles: As of Calcium carbonate, precipitated.