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Carbamate of Ethyl and Phenyl.
Produced by action of chloro-carbonate of ethyl on aniline. A white crystalline powder, of faint aromatic taste and odour; slightly soluble in water, readily in alcohol or wine. Antipyretic in fevers, lowering the temperature without collapse; anti-rheumatic and antiseptic.
Dose: Begin with 1 1/2 grains, but going up to 15 grains for an adult; the action appears within an hour.
"Inferior to many other remedies of same nature." - Brit. Med. Journ., 18-10-90.
(See Pichi.)
(See Anagraum.)
Prepared with white of eggs and diluted solution of chloride of iron. It contains 5 % of ferric oxide, is a cinnamon-brown powder, or in scales, and soluble in water (especially if slightly acidulated with hydrochloric acid). Dose, 20 to 30 grains in pill or solution. Quinine Albuminate is a similar preparation.
A greenish, crystalline, soluble powder, taken with ease into the system as a tonic. Also in crystals. Dose, 2 to 10 grains.
Astringent and antiseptic; but little soluble. Dose, 3 to 8 grains.
Supposed to act on calculus in the biliary duct; and, therefore, has been employed in jaundice.
(See page 87.)
(See Yerba Rheuma.)
This is a combination of hydrochlorides of Rosaniline and Para-rosaniline; it can be prepared free from arsenic. Pills made with it are valuable in albuminuria. Dose, 1 grain, in pill; 3 daily.
Bladder wrack. Contains Iodine, etc. N.O.Algce. This common brown Alga is supposed to be valuable as a resolvent to diminish morbid obesity. Dose, solid extract, 2 to 5 grains; fluid extract, 1 to 2 teaspoonfuls in water; after meals. As "Varech Vesiculeux,"in French Codex, 1884.
 
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