Acid, Acetic, Diluted—U.S.P.
6 per cent.—Dose: 2—4 drams.
Acid, Agaricic, Merck.
Agaric, Laricic or Agaricinic, Acid.—Powd.; odorl.; almost tastel.—Sol. in ether or chloroform; in 130 parts cold and 10 parts boiling alcohol.—Antihidrotic.—Uses: Night-sweat of phthisis, and to check the sudorific effects of antipyretics.—Dose: 1/6—1/2 grn., at night, in pills.
Acid, Arsenous, Merck.—U.S.P.—Pure, Powder.
White powd.; odorl.; tastel.—SOL. very slightly in water or alcohol.—Antiperiodic, Antiseptic, Alterative.—Uses: Intern., malarial fever, skin diseases, chorea, neuralgia, gastralgia, uterine disorders, diabetes, bronchitis; extern., to remove warts, cancers, etc.—Dose: 1/60—1/30 grn. 4 t. daily.—Max. D.: About 1/12 grn. single; about 1/6 grn. daily.—Preparation: Solut. (1%).—Extern. on neoplasms in large amounts to get quick results: otherwise it is dangerous. Keep from healthy tissues, lest dangerous absorption may occur.—Antidotes: Emetics; stomach pump or siphon if seen immediately; hot milk and water with zinc sulphate or mustard. After vomiting, give milk or eggs, and magnesia in milk. If saccharated oxide of iron or dialyzed iron is handy, use it. If tincture of iron and ammonia water are within reach, precipitate former with latter, collect precipitate on a strainer, and give it wet. Always give antidotes, be the case ever so hopeless.—Incompatibles: Tannic acid, infusion cinchona, salts of iron, magnesium, etc.
Acid, Benzoic, from Benzoin,—Merck.—U.S.P.—Sublimed.
Pearly plates, or needles; aromatic odor and taste.—Sol. in 2 parts alcohol; 3 parts ether; 7 parts chloroform; 10 parts glycerin; 500 parts water. (Borax, or sod. phosphate, increases sol. in water.)—Antiseptic, Antipyretic, Expectorant.—Uses: Intern., to acidify phosphatic urine, reduce acidity of uric-acid urine, control urinary incontinence, also in chronic bronchitis and jaundice; extern., wound dressing (1:100), in urticaria, etc.—Dose: 10—40 grn. 6 t. daily.—Incompatibles: Corrosive sublimate, lead acetate, etc.
Acid, Boric, Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P., Cryst. or Impalpable Powder.
Dose: 5—15 grn.