It is used
internally
as a stimulant and narcotic in low fevers and cases of great exhaustion.
Dose
, from fifteen minims to half a drachm, repeated at short intervals, as its effects soon pass off. Give in a little camphor julep, or water.
697. Nitric Ether
Nitric Ether is a refrigerant, diuretic, and antispasmodic, well known as "
sweet spirit of nitre
."