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. Shipped 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.