Uses.—Gout, dyspepsia, acid stomach, acidosis, vomiting of pregnancy. Soothes the skin when burned.
Sodium Chloride. (Salt.)
For normal saline use 10 gr. to 3½ oz. of water. For physiological salt solution, add 15 gr. of Sod. Carb. to every 3½ oz. of normal saline as made above.
Sodium Citrate. A white odorless, granular powder with cooling salty taste.
Uses.—Diuretic, antipyretic and refrigerant. Retards the coagulation of albumin in milk and aids the digestibility of proteins. May be indicated in gout and cystitis.
Dose.—Internally, 15 to 60 gr. In the modification of cow’s milk about two grains should be used for each ounce of the mixture.
Spirits of Nitre, Sweet (Spirit Nitrous Ether). 4% solution of nitrous ether in alcohol. Diaphoretic, diuretic, antipyretic, stimulant, antispasmodic.
Uses.—Fever, dropsy, vomiting of pregnancy, colic, anuria.
Dose.—For adult, 20–60 gtts. For infants small doses often repeated.
Stramonium (Jimson Weed). Hypnotic, narcotic, antispasmodic.