6. Glycerin, either alone or diluted with water. In deficiency of the natural secretions of the ear; used in sufficient quantity to moisten the first passages. See Deafness, Glycerin.
Drops, A′gue. Prep. White arsenic, 1⁄2 gr.; hot water, 1 oz.; dissolve.—Dose, 1⁄2 to 1 teaspoonful, twice a day. See Solution (Arsenite of Potassa).
Drops, An′odyne. Syn. Guttæ anodynæ, L. The solutions of acetate and hydrochlorate of morphia are commonly vended in the shops under this name.
Drops, Ant′acid. Syn. Guttæ antacidæ, L. Prep. (U. C. Hosp.) Liquor of potassa, 3 fl. oz,; powdered myrrh, 1 oz.; triturate together until thoroughly incorporated, add of liquor of ammonia, 1 fl. oz., mix well, place the mixture in a stoppered bottle, and the next day decant the clear portion. Antacid, tonic, and stomachic.—Dose, 10 to 20 drops, or more, in water.
Drops, Antihyster′ic. Syn. Guttæ antihystericæ, L. Prep. Cyanide of potassium, 2 gr.; rectified spirit, 5 fl. dr.; syrup of orange flowers, 3 fl. dr.—Dose, 10 drops to 1⁄2 teaspoonful, when the attack is expected, and repeated occasionally as required; in hysterical affections, gastrodynia, &c.
Drops, Antiscorbu′tic. Syn. Guttæ antiscorbuticæ, L. Prep. 1. Expressed juice of water-cress, 2 fl. oz.; salt of tartar, 1 oz.; agitate together occasionally for a few hours, and in 2 or 3 days decant.—Dose, 12 or 15 drops, to a teaspoonful, twice a day, in a cupful of new milk.
2. Citrate of potassa, 4 dr.; ammonio-citrate of iron, 2 dr.; water, 10 fl. dr.—Dose. As the last, in water.
3. (Green’s Antiscorbutic Drops.) Merely a disguised solution of corrosive sublimate. Most of the other ‘antiscorbutic’ and ‘anti-venereal drops’ advertised by quacks have a like composition.
Drops, Antiscrof′ulous. Syn. Guttæ antiscrofulosæ, L. Prep. 1. Iodine, 10 gr.; iodide of potassium, 1 dr.; water, 1 fl. oz.
2. (Augustin.) Chlorides of iron and barium, of each, 1⁄2 dr.; distilled water, 1 fl. oz.—Dose, 10 to 30 drops, 2 or 3 times a day.