White, tastel. powd.—27% of benzoic acid.—Sol. in mineral acids; insol. in water.—Antiseptic.—Uses: Intern., gastro-intestinal diseases; extern., like iodoform on wounds, etc.—Dose: 5—15 grn.
Bismuth Beta-naphtolate.
Orphol.—Brown, insol. powd.; 23% beta-naphtol.—Intestinal Antiseptic.—Dose: 8—15 grn., in pills or wafers; children half as much.
Bismuth Citrate Merck.—U.S.P.
White powd.; odorl.; tastel.—Sol., very slightly in water.—Stomachic and Astringent.—Uses: Diarrhea, dyspepsia, etc.—Dose: 1—3 grn.
Bismuth Nitrate Merck.—Cryst.
Bismuth Ter-nitrate or Trinitrate.—Colorl. hygroscopic cryst.; acid taste.—Changed to sub-nitrate by water.—Sol. in acids, glycerin.—Astringent, Antiseptic.—Uses: Phthisical diarrhea, etc.—Dose: 5—10 grn., dissolved in glycerin and then diluted with water.
Bismuth Oxyiodide Merck.
Bismuth Subiodide.—Brownish-red, amorph., insol. powd.; odorl., tastel.—Antiseptic.—Uses: Extern., on suppurating wounds, ulcers, in skin diseases, gonorrhea, etc.; intern., gastric ulcers, typhoid fever, and diseases of mucous membranes.—Dose: 3—10 grn., 3 t. daily, in mixture, powd., or capsule.—Extern. like iodoform; in gonorrhea in 1% injection.
Bismuth Phosphate, Soluble, Merck.