Merck's 1899 Manual Part 4

GUM or RESIN AMMONIAC.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.--_Preparations:_ Emuls. (4 per cent.); Plaster (with mercury).

~Ammonium a.r.s.enate Merck.~

White, efflorescent cryst.--SOL. in water.--Alterative.--USES: Chiefly in skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 1/2 grn., gradually increased, 3 t. daily in water.

~Ammonium Benzoate Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn. 3 or 4 t. daily, in syrup or water.

~Ammonium Bicarbonate Merck.--Pure, Cryst.~

SOL. in water, alcohol.--Antacid, Stimulant.--USES: Acid fermentation of stomach; stimulant depressed condition.--~Dose:~ 5--15 grn.

~Ammonium Bromide.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 15--30 grn.

~Ammonium Carbonate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.

~Ammonium Chloride Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure, Granul.~

~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.--_Preparation:_ Troches (1-1/2 grn.).

~Ammonium Embelate Merck.~

Red, tastel. powd.--SOL. in diluted alcohol.--USES: Tape-worm.--~Dose:~ Children, 3 grn.; adults, 6 grn., in syrup or honey, or in wafers, on empty stomach, and followed by castor oil.

~Ammonium Fluoride Merck.--C.P.~

Very deliquescent, colorl. cryst.; strong saline taste.--SOL. in water.; slightly in alcohol.--Antiperiodic, Alterative.--USES: Hypertrophy of spleen and in goitre.--~Dose:~ 5--20 [min.] of a solut.

containing 4 grn. to 1 ounce water.--CAUTION: Keep in gutta-percha bottles!

~Ammonium Hypophosphite Merck.~

White cryst.--SOL. in water.--USES: Phthisis, and diseases with loss of nerve power.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn., 3 t. daily.

~Ammonium Ichthyol-sulphonate,~--see ICHTHYOL.

Ammonium Iodide--U.S.P.

Deliquescent, unstable powd.--Alterative, Resolvent.--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn.

~Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic, Merck.--C.P.~

Colorl. prisms; odorl.; cooling, saline taste.--SOL. in 4 parts water.--USES: Rheumatism, gout.--~Dose:~ 5--20 grn., 3 or 4 t. daily, in water.

~Ammonium Picrate Merck.~

AMMONIUM PICRONITRATE or CARBAZOTATE.--Bright-yellow scales or prisms.--SOL. in water.--Antipyretic, Antiperiodic.--USES: Malarial neuralgia, periodic fevers, and headache.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1-1/2 grn., 3 t. daily, in pills.

~Ammonium Salicylate Merck.~

Colorl. prisms.--SOL. in water.--Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, Germicide, Expectorant.--USES: In febrile conditions, bronchitis, etc.--~Dose:~ 2--10 grn., in wafers.

~Ammonium Sulpho-ichthyolate,~--see ICHTHYOL.

~Ammonium Tartrate Merck.--Neutral, Cryst.~

Colorl.--SOL. in water.--Expectorant.--~Dose:~ 5--30 grn.

~Ammonium Valerianate Merck.--White, Cryst.~

~Dose:~ 2--8 grn.

~Ammonium & Iron Tartrate Merck.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Ammonium Double-Salts,~--see under BIs.m.u.tH, IRON, POTa.s.sIUM SODIUM, ETC.

~Ammonol.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated to be "AMMONIATED PHENYLACETAMIDE.--Yellowish alkaline powd.: ammoniacal taste and odor.--Antipyretic, a.n.a.lgesic.--~Dose:~ 5--20 grn., 3--6 t. daily, in caps., tabl., or wafers.")

~Amyl Nitrite Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure, or in Pearls (1--3 drops).~

CAUTION: Amyl Nitrite is so very volatile that it is practically impossible to so stopper bottles that they will carry it without loss, especially in warm weather. s.h.i.+pped in cool weather and kept in a cool place, the loss is not material, but if kept in a warm place, or if agitated much, so as to keep up any pressure of the vapor within the bottle, the loss will be considerable, proportionately to the pressure.--~Dose:~ 2--5 drops, in brandy.

~Amylene Hydrate Merck.~

Colorl., oily liq.; ethereal, camphoric taste.--SOL. in 8 parts water; all proportions of alcohol, ether, chloroform, benzene, glycerin.--Hypnotic, Sedative.--USES: Insomnia, alcoholic excitement, epilepsy, whooping cough, etc.--~Dose:~ Hypnotic, 45--90 [min.]; sedative, 15--30 [min.]; in beer, wine, brandy, syrup, etc., or in capsules.

~Anemonin Merck.~

Colorl., odorl., neutral needles.--SOL. in hot alcohol, chloroform; insol. in water.--Antispasmodic, Sedative, Anodyne.--USES: Asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, dysmenorrhea, orchitis, oophoritis and other painful affections of female pelvis.--~Dose:~ 1/4--3/4 grn., 2 t.

daily.--MAX. D.: 1-1/2 grn. single, 3 grn. daily.

Anise-U.S.P.

_Preparations:_ Oil (D., 5--10 min.); Spt. (10 per cent. oil); Water (one-fifth per cent. oil).

~Anthrarobin Merck.~

Yellowish-white powd.--SOL. in weak alkaline solut.; slightly in chloroform and ether; in 10 parts alcohol.--Deoxidizer, Antiseptic--USES: _Extern._, instead of chrysarobin in skin diseases, especially psoriasis, tinea tonsurans, pityriasis versicolor, and herpes.--APPLIED in 10 to 20% oint. or alcoholic solut.

~Antifebrin,~--see ACETANILID.