Sodium

Soda

Soda; Natrium, Ger.; soude, Fr. Dry, white, translucent pencils, or fused masses. Is soluble in water and in alcohol.

Liquor Sodae

Solution of soda. A colorless liquid, having an extremely acrid taste and a strong alkaline reaction. Dose, τη ij—τη x.

Sodii Acetas

Sodium acetate. In white or colorless crystals, which effloresce in dry air and are wholly soluble in water. Dose, gr. v— 3 j.

Sodii Bicarbonas

Sodium bicarbonate. A white, opaque powder, wholly soluble in water (1 in 12). Dose, gr. v— 3 j.

Sodii Boras

Sodium borate.; borax. In colorless crystals, which slightly effloresce in dry air and are wholly soluble in water. Dose, gr. ij—Эj.

Sodii Carbonas Exsiecatus

Dried sodium carbonate. A white, hygroscopic powder, having the same properties as the carbonate. Dose, gr. ij—gr. x.

Sodii Carbonas

Sodium carbonate. Large, monoclinic crystals,, rapidly efflorescing in dry air and falling into a white powder; alkaline taste and reaction. Soluble in 16 water at 60° Fahr., and nearly twice as soluble in hot water. Dose, gr. v—Э j.

Sodii Nitras

Sodium nitrate. Colorless, transparent, rhombo-hedral crystals, slightly deliquescent in damp air, having a cooling, slightly bitter taste, and a neutral reaction. Soluble in 1·3 water at 60° Fahr., and in 0·6 boiling water. Dose, 3 j— oz j.

Sodii Sulphas

Sodium sulphate; Glauber's salts. Dose, oz ss oz j.

Sodii Chloras

Sodium chlorate. Colorless, transparent crystals, or a crystalline powder, odorless, and having a cooling, saline taste. Soluble at 59° Fahr., in 1·1 part of water. Dose, gr. j—gr. xv

Pulvis Effervescens Compositus

Compound effervescing powder. Seidlitz powder. Each powder contains forty grains of bicarbonate of sodium and one hundred and twenty grains of tartrate of potassium and sodium (Rochelle salt) in one paper, and thirty-five grains of tartaric acid in the other paper.

Antagonists, Incompatibles, and Synergists, are the same as those given under potassium.