Mercuro-iodo-hemol.
Brown powd.; 12.35% mercury, 28.68% iodine, with hemol.—Antisyphilitic (chiefly); without untoward action.—Dose: 2—5 grn., 3 t. daily, in pills.
Mercury—U.S.P.
Preparations: Mass (33 per cent.): Mercury with Chalk (D., 3—10 grn.); Oint. (50 per cent.); Plaster (18 per cent.); Ammoniac and Mercury Plaster (30 per cent. Hg.).
Mercury, Ammoniated,—see Mercury-Ammonium Chloride.
Mercury Benzoate, Mercuric, Merck.
White cryst.—Sol. in alcohol, solut. sodium chloride; slightly in water.—Uses: Syphilis and skin diseases.—Dose: 1/32—1/8 grn., in pills or hypodermically.
Mercury Bichloride Merck (Corrosive Mercuric Chloride, U.S.P.).—Recryst.
Dose: 1/32—1/12 grn.—Max. D.: 1/8 grn. single; 1/2 grn. daily.—Antidotes: Zinc sulphate, emetics, stomach siphon, white of egg, milk in abundance, chalk mixture, castor oil, table salt, reduced iron, iron filings. White of egg and milk 2 or 3 t. daily for a week.—Incompatibles: Reduced iron, sulphurous acid, albumin, alkalies, carbonates.
Mercury Chloride, Mild, Merck.—U.S.P.