This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Pharmacology, Therapeutics And Materia Medica", by T. Lauder Brunton. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.
Characters. - Colourless transparent rhombic prisms, permanent in the air, odourless, having a sharp saline taste, and a neutral reaction.
Uses. - It is not used internally, but is only employed for the preparation of other salts of ammonium, of ammonium alum (B.P.) and sulphate of iron and ammonium (U.S.P.).
 
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