Mydrine Merck.
Combination of ephedrine and homatropine hydrochlorates (100:1).—Wh. powd.—Sol. in water.—Mydriatic—Uses: Where evanescent mydriasis is desired; especially valuable in diagnosis.—Applied in 10% solut.
Myrrh—U.S.P.
Astringent, Carminative. Cathartic, Emmenagogue.—Dose: 5—20 grn.—Preparations: Tr. (1:20); Tr. Aloes and Myrrh (each 10 per cent.); Pills Aloes and Myrrh (2 grn. A., 1 grn. M.).
Myrtol Merck.
Constituent of essential oil of Myrtus communis, L.—Clear, colorl. liq.: agreeable, ethereal odor.—Sol. in alcohol.—Antiseptic, Sedative, Stimulant. Uses: Chronic bronchitis, tonsillitis, cystitis.—Dose: 1—2 ♏.
Naftalan.—(Not Naphtalin!)
Naphtalan.—Obtained by fractional distillation of a natural naphta from Armenia.—Blackish-green, unctuous, neutral mass; empyreumatic odor.—Sol. in fats, oils, ether, chloroform; insol. in water, glycerin.—Analgesic, Antiphlogistic, Parasiticide.—Uses: Succedaneum for oil cade or oil tar in skin diseases; also in burns, contusions, epididymitis, etc.—Contra-indicated in very irritated conditions: ineffectual in psoriasis.—Applied pure, and well covered. The stains it may make readily disappear on immersion in kerosene or benzin.—Keep from air!
Naphtalin Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P., Medicinal.
Uses: Intern., intestinal catarrhs, worms, cholera, typhoid fever, etc.; extern., skin diseases.—Dose: 2—8 grn., in powd. or capsule; for tapeworm, 15 grn., followed some hours later by castor oil.—Max. D.: 30 grn.