Zinc Oxide Merck.—U.S.P.
Extern: in 5—20% oint. or powd.—Uses: Intern., chorea, epilepsy, chronic diarrhea, etc.; extern., wounds, skin diseases, etc.—Dose: 1—5 grn.—Preparation: Oint. (20%).
Zinc Permanganate Merck.—C.P.
Violet-brown, or almost black, hygroscopic cryst.—Sol. in water.—Antiseptic, non-irritating Antigonorrhoic.—Uses: 1:4000 solut. as injection in gonorrhea; and 1 or 2:1000 as eye-wash in conjunctivitis.—Incompatibles: All easily oxidizable or combustible substances. Explodes when compounded directly with alcohol, glycerin, sugar, dry or fluid vegetable extracts.
Zinc Phosphide Merck.—U.S.P.
Insol. in the usual solvents.—Uses: Sexual exhaustion, cerebral affections, melancholia, and chronic skin diseases.—Dose: 1/20—1/4 grn., in pill.
Zinc Stearate Merck.
White, agglutinating powd.; turns darker on exposure.—Insol. in water.—Antiseptic, Astringent.—Uses: Gonorrhea, atrophic rhinitis, etc.—Applied in substance, or combined with iodole, iodoformogen, etc.
Zinc Sulphate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.
White Vitriol; Zinc Vitriol.—Sol. in 0.6 part water, 3 parts glycerin.—Dose: 1/4—1/2 grn.; emetic, 10—30 grn.—Antidotes: Alkali carbonates, tannic acid, albumen, demulcents.