Unguentum Resinol.—Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Combination of active principle of Juniperus oxycedrus and a synthetical derivative of the coal-tar series, with lanolin-petrolatum base.—Antipruritic, Antiphlogistic, Dermic.—Extern.: pure, night and morning.")
Resorcin Merck.—C.P., Resublimed or Recryst.
Resorcinol.—White cryst.; reddish on exposure; unpleasant sweet taste.—Sol. in 0.5 part alcohol, 0.6 part water; ether, glycerin.—Antiseptic Antispasmodic, Antipyretic, Antiemetic, Antizymotic.—Uses: Intern., for vomiting, seasickness, asthma, dyspepsia, gastric ulcer, cholera infantum, hay-fever, diarrhea, whooping-cough, cystitis, and diphtheria; extern., inflammatory diseases of skin, eyes, throat, nose, mouth, urethra, vagina, etc.—Dose: Seasickness, chronic gastric catarrh, cholera nostras, or cholera morbus, 2—3 grn. every 1—2 hours, in solut. or powder; ordinary, 5—10 grn. several t. daily; antipyretic, 15—30 grn.—Max. D.: 45 grn.—Extern. in 5—30% solut.
Retinol Merck.
Rosin Oil.—Viscid, yellow, oily liq.—SOL. in ether, oils, alcohol, oil turpentine, glycerin.—Antiseptic.—Uses: Intern., venereal affections; extern., oint. or liniment in skin diseases, and injection for gonorrhea; also solvent of phosphorus, salol, camphor, naphtol, carbolic acid, etc. Recommended as excipient for phosphorus.—Dose: 5—10 ♏, 4—6 t. daily, in capsules.—Extern.: 10—50% oint.
Rhubarb—U.S.P.
Dose: Tonic, 3—10 grn., lax., 10—20 grn.; purg., 20—40 grn.—Preparations: Ext. (D., 1—3—10 grn.); F.E. (1:1); Pills (3 grn.); Comp. Pills (rhub., aloes, myrrh); Tr. (1:10); Arom. Tr. (1:5); Sweet Tr. (1:10, with liquorice and glycerin); Syr. (10 per cent. F.E.); Arom. Syr. (15 per cent. arom. tr.); Comp. Powd. (rhub., 25; magnes., 65; ginger, 10). Rhus Glabra—U.S.P.
Sumach Berries.—Astringent.—Preparation: F.E. (D., 30—60 min.).
Rhus Toxicodendron—U.S.P.
Poison Ivy; Poison Oak.—Alterative, Cerebral and Spinal Stimulant.—Used mostly as 20 per cent. tr., 5—30 min. per dose.