Acid, Tartaric, Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P., Cryst. or Powd.
Dose: 10—30 grn.
Acid, Trichlor-acetic, Merck.—Pure, Cryst.
Deliquescent cryst.; pungent, suffocating odor; caustic. Sol. freely in water, alcohol, ether.—Escharotic, Astringent, Hemostatic.—Uses: Venereal and cutaneous warts, papillomata, vascular nævi, pigment patches, corns, nosebleed, obstinate gleet, gonorrhea, nasopharyngeal affections and indolent ulcers.—Applied: As escharotic, pure, or in concentrated solut.; astringent and hemostatic, 1—3% solut.—Caution: Keep in glass-stoppered bottle.
Acid, Valerianic, Merck.
Oily liq., strong valerian odor; bitter, burning taste.—Sol. in water, alcohol, ether, chloroform.—Antispasmodic, Sedative.—Uses: Nervous affections, hysteria, mania, etc.—Dose: 2—10 drops, in sweetened water.
Aconite Root—U.S.P.
Preparations: Ext. (D., 1/4—1/2 grn.), F.E. (D. 1/4—1 min.); Tr. (q.v.).—See also, Aconitine.
Aconitine, Potent, Merck.—Cryst.—(Do not confound with the "Mild"!)
Alkaloid from Aconite, prepared according to process of Duquesnel.—White cryst.; feebly bitter taste.—Sol. in alcohol, ether, chloroform; insol. in water.—Antineuralgic, Diuretic, Sudorific, Anodyne.—Uses: Intern., neuralgia, acute or chronic rheumatism, gout, toothache, etc.; extern., rheumatism, other pains.—Dose: 1/640—1/200 grn. several t. daily, in pill or solut., with caution.—Max. D.: 1/64 grn. single; 1/20 grn. daily.—Extern.: 1:2000—500 parts lard.—Antidotes: Small repeated doses of stimulants; artificial respiration, atropine, digitalis, ammonia.—Caution: Never use on abraded surfaces. Danger of absorption! 10 times as toxic as the mild amorph. aconitine (below)!