(Blistering, or Vesicating, Collodion).—Olive-green, syrupy liq.—Represents 60% cantharides.—Uses: Blister instead of cantharides.
Collodion, Styptic.—U.S.P.
20 per cent. tannic acid.—Uses: Bleeding wounds.
Colocynth—U.S.P.
Dose: 3—10 grn.—Preparations: Ext. (D., 1—3 grn.); Comp. Ext. (D., 3—10 grn.).
Colocynthin (Glucoside) Merck.—C.P.
Yellow powd.—Sol. in water, alcohol.—Cathartic (not drastic and toxic, as the extract).—Dose: 1/6—2/3 grn.—Injection: 1/6 grn.; rectal 4—16 ♏ of 4% solut. in equal parts glycerin and alcohol.
Coniine Hydrobromate Merck.
White needles.—Sol. in 2 parts water, 2 parts alcohol; chloroform, ether.—Antispasmodic, Antineuralgic, etc.—Uses: Tetanus, cardiac asthma, sciatica and whooping-cough; large doses have been given in traumatic tetanus.—Dose: 1/30—1/12 grn., 3—5 t. daily: children, 1/640—1/40 grn., 2—4 t. daily.—Injection: 1/20—1/15 grn.—Antidotes: Emetics, stomach siphon; atropine, strychnine; picrotoxin with castor oil; caffeine, and other stimulants.
Conium—U.S.P.