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Fer, Fr. ; Eisen, Ger. "In the form of fine, bright, non-elastic wire."
Reduced iron. Ferri pulvis. A tasteless powder of an iron-gray color. Dose, gr. ss—gr. ij.
Saccharated ferrous carbonate. A greenish-gray powder, odorless, having at first a sweetish, afterward a slightly ferruginous taste. It is only partially soluble in water. Dose, gr. ij.
Troches of hydrated oxide of iron. Composition: Hydrated oxide of iron, vanilla, sugar, and mucilage of tragacanth. Dose, one to five.
Ferric hydrate. Kept in the form of a soft magma and used as an antidote to arsenic.
Ferric hydrate with magnesia. (For arsenical poisoning.)
Pills of carbonate of iron. Blaud's pills. Contain ferrous sulphate, potassium carbonate, sugar, althaea, etc. Dose, one to three pills.
Mass of ferrous carbonate (Vallet's mass). Ferrous sulphate, sodium carbonate, honey, sugar, etc. Dose, gr. iij—gr. v.
Griffith's compound mixture of iron. Composition: Myrrh, sugar, potassium carbonate, ferrous sulphate, spirit of lavender, rose-water. Dose, a tablespoonful.
Iron-plaster, strengthening-plaster. Composition: Subcarbonate of iron, lead-plaster, and Burgundy pitch.
Ferric hypophosphite. A white or grayish-white powder, odorless and nearly tasteless, only slightly soluble in water.
Soluble ferric phosphate. In bright-green, transparent scales, freely soluble in water. Dose, gr. ij—gr. v.
Soluble ferric pyrophosphate. In apple-green scales, having an acidulous, slightly saline taste, and wholly soluble in water. Dose, gr. ij—gr. v.
Ferrous sulphate. In transparent, bluish-green crystals, which, on exposure to the air, effloresce and change color. Is wholly soluble in water. Dose, gr. j—gr. iij.
Dried ferrous sulphate. A grayish-white powder, soluble in water with the exception of a small residue. Dose, gr. j—gr. ij.
Granulated ferrous sulphate. A pale, bluish-green powder; oxidizes in contact with moisture; soluble in 1·8 part of water at 60° Fahr. Dose, gr. ij—gr. v.
Solution of ferric subsulphate. Monsel's solution. Composition: Sulphate of iron, sulphuric acid, nitric acid. An inodorous, sirupy liquid, of a ruby-red color, and of an extremely astringent taste, without causticity. It mixes with water and alcohol, in all proportions, without decomposition.
Solution of ferric sulphate. Composition: Same as preceding preparation, except the quantity of acid. A dark, reddish-brown liquid, nearly devoid of odor, and of an acid and extremely styptic taste.
Ferric chloride. In orange-yellow, crystalline pieces, very deliquescent, and wholly soluble in water, alcohol, and ether. Dose, gr. j—gr. ij.
Solution of ferric chloride.
Tincture of ferric chloride. Composition: Solution of chloride of iron, alcohol. Dose, τη v—τη xx.
Solution of ferric nitrate. A transparent liquid, having a pale amber color. Dose, τη ij—τη v.
 
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