Diastase (of Malt) Merck.—Medicinal.
Yellowish-white to brownish-yellow, amorph. powd.; tastel.—Uses: Aid to digestion of starchy food.—Dose: 1—3 grn. pure or with pepsin.
Dietetic Products,—see Foods and Dietetic Products.
Digitalin, "German," Merck.
Yellowish-white powd.—Sol. in water, alcohol; almost insol. in ether, chloroform.—Non-cumulative, reliable Heart-tonic, Diuretic; well adapted to injection.—Dose: 1/16—1/4 grn., 3 or 4 t. daily, in pills or subcutaneously.—Antidotes: Emetics, stomach pump, tannic acid, nitroglycerin, morphine early, strophanthin later; alcoholic stimulants, etc.
Digitalis—U.S.P.
Dose: 1—3 grn.—Preparations: Ext. (D., 1/4—1/2 grn.); F.E. (1:1); Infus. (15:1000); Tr. (15:100).—See also, Digitalin and Digitoxin.
Digitoxin Merck.—Cryst.
Most active glucoside from digitalis.—White cryst. powd.—Sol. in alcohol, chloroform; slightly in ether; insol. in water.—Prompt, reliable, powerful Heart-tonic; of uniform chemical composition and therapeutic activity.—Uses: Valvular lesions, myocarditis, etc.—Dose: 1/240—1/120 grn., 3 t. daily, with 3 ♏ chloroform, 60 ♏ alcohol, 11/2 fl. oz. water. Enema: 1/80 grn. with 10 ♏ alcohol, 4 fl. oz. water, 1 to 3 t. daily.—Max. D.: Daily, 1/32 grn.
Dioviburnia.