This section is from the book "Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics", by Alfred Baring Garrod. Also available from Amazon: The Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics.
(Sb. Eq. = 122.)
This element is not employed in medicine in its metallic state; all the preparations are prepared from the native or black tersul-phuret, the most abundant ore. The symbol Sb. is derived from Stibium, a Latin name for antimony.
 
Continue to: