(Other salts of Codeine are not described because used substantially as the above.)
Colchicine Merck.—Cryst.
Yellow cryst. powd.; very bitter taste.—Sol. in water, alcohol, ether, chloroform.—Alterative, Analgesic.—Uses: Rheumatism, gout, uremia, chronic sciatica, asthma, cerebral congestion, and rheumatic sciatica.—Dose: 1/120—1/30 grn., 2 or 3 t. daily.—Antidotes: Stimulants.
Colchicum Root—U.S.P.
Preparations: Ext. (D., 1/2—2 grn.); F.E. (D., 2—8 min.); Wine (5—20 min.).
Colchicum Seed—U.S.P.
Preparations: F.E. (D., 3—10 min.); Tr. (D., 20—60 min.); Wine (D., 20—60 min.).
Colchi-sal.
Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Caps, each containing 1/250 grn. colchicine dissolved in 3 min. methyl salicylate.—Antirheumatic, Antipodagric.—Dose: 2—4 caps, with meals and at bedtime.")
Collodion, Cantharidal, Merck.—U.S.P.