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Rb Br + 3(NHi) Br.
White crystalline powder, soluble in water, it contains 34 parts in 100 of Rubidium Bromide. Used with success for epilepsy; dose, 1/2 to 2 drachms daily.
Csesium Rubidium and Ammonium Bromide; also Gold and
Potassium Bromide, Au Br3 KBr + 2H20, are similarly used with good effect.
Dock or Yellow Dock. Indigenous. N. 0. Polygonaceæ.
Depurative and alterative tonic. Tincture (1 in 10 of proof spirit); dose, 5 to 20 drops.
"For morning diarrhoea." - Sydney Ringer, Therapeutics, 1882. p. 459. Rumicin. Extractive of above. Dose, 1 to 3 grains.
Berberis Lycium, and B. Asiatica, India. N. 0. Berberidaeea.
Root-bark, bitter, from the presence of Berberine. The watery extract of the bark is valuable in ophthalmia, and as a febrifuge.
(See Glusidum.)
The stearoptene of oil of Sassafras, liquid at ordinary temperature. Acts like Menthol, but not so irritant. Dr. Dana has used it for myalgia, sciatica, and headache. Dose, 20 to 40 minims.
Salpyrine, Salicylate of Antipyrin. C11 H20 NO. C7 H6 03
A compound of 57.7 parts of Salicylic acid and 42.3 parts of Antipyrin. A white, sweetish, odourless powder, little soluble in water, but more so in alcohol. Reduces the temperature. Dose, 15 grains to 60 grains. Some say give 30 grains, and then, in a few hours, 15 grains.
"It seems to have no advantage over Antipyrin." - Brit. Med. Journ. 4-10-90.
Blood Root. N America. N. O. Papaveraccæ.
The root has a red juice. Emetic, diaphoretic, and purgative, Chronic and acute bronchitis. Dose of tincture, 30 to 60 drops.
From S. Canadensis.
Brown extractive resin. Is similar in its properties to Leptandrin, with similar dose, viz., 1/2 to 2 grains.
 
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