Mercury Oxide, Red, Merck.—U.S.P.—Levigated.
Not used internally.—Preparation: Oint. (10%).—Incompatibles: Chlorides.
Mercury Oxide, Yellow, Merck.
Not used internally.—Preparation: Oint. (10%).
Mercury Oxycyanide Merck.
White, cryst. powd.—Sol. in water.—Antiseptic.—Uses: Extern., diphtheria, erysipelas, and skin diseases; said superior as antiseptic dressing to mercuric chloride because more active as germicide and less easily absorbed.—Applied in 0.6% solut. to wounds and in surgical operations.
Mercury Salicylate Merck.
White powd.; about 59% mercury.—Sol. in solut. of sodium chloride, dilute alkalies.—Uses: Extern., chancre, gonorrhea, and venereal affections; 1% powd. or oint.; injection in urethra, 1—5% water.—Reported easily borne by the stomach, and to produce no salivation.—Dose: 1/3—1 grn.
Mercury Succinimide Merck.
Mercury Imido-succinate.—White powd.—Sol. in 25 parts water; slightly in alcohol.—Antisyphilitic, Alterative.—Said to be free from disagreeable local and secondary effects.—Dose: 1/5 grn., hypodermically.