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For Details, see Descriptive Table of Contents, on pages 6 and 7.

ABBREVIATIONS.

• alm. = almost
• amorph. = amorphous
• arom. = aromatic
• comp. = compound
• cryst. = crystals or crystalline
• D. = dose
• decoct. = decoction
• dil. = dilute or diluted
• emuls. = emulsion
• ext. = extract
• extern. = externally
• F.E. or fl. ext. = fluid extract
• fl. dr. = fluid dram
• grn. = grain or grains
• infus. = infusion
• inject. = injection
• insol. = insoluble
• intern. = internally
• lin. = liniment
• liq. = liquid or liquor
• Max. D. = maximum dose
• min. or ♏ = minim or minims
• odorl. = odorless
• oint. = ointment
• oz. = ounce or ounces
• powd. = powder
• q.v. = which see (quod vide)
• sl. = slightly
• sol. = soluble or solubility
• solut. = solution
• spt. = spirit
• syr. = syrup
• tastel. = tasteless
• tr. = tincture
• wh. = white
• 3 t., 4 t. = 3 times, 4 times

Merck's 1899 Manual.

PART FIRST.

THE MATERIA MEDICA,

As in Actual Use To-day by American Physicians.

Reader please note:—

The GALENIC PREPARATIONS of the United States Pharmacopœia, when not listed under their own titles, will be found under the titles of the drugs from which they are derived.

FOODS AND DIETETIC PRODUCTS proper will be found under the title: "Foods"; while Digestants, Hematinics, etc., are listed under their own titles.

small type is employed for botanic drugs, gums, and some others of the older drugs and preparations which are so well known as to require but little description.

Those articles of which the MERCK brand is on the market, are—for convenience in prescribing—designated accordingly.

Absinthin Merck.

ABSINTHIIN—Yellow-brown, amorph. or cryst. powd.; very bitter.—Sol. in alcohol, chloroform; slightly in ether; insol. in water.—Bitter Tonic (in anorexia, constipation, chlorosis, etc.).—Dose: 11/2—4 grn.

Absinthium—U.S.P.

Wormwood.—Dose: 20—40 grn.—Infus. (1—2:64) and oil (D., 1—3 min.) used.

Acacia—U.S.P.

Gum Arabic.—Sol. in water, insol. in alcohol.—Preparations: Mucilage, Syr.—both vehicles.

Acetanilid Merck.—U.S.P.—Cryst. or Powd.

Antifebrin.—Wh. scales or powd.; odorl.; burning taste.—Sol. in 194 parts water, 5 alcohol, 18 ether; very sol. in chloroform.—Antipyretic, Analgesic, Antirheumatic, Antiseptic.—Uses: Intern., fever, rheumatism, headache, alcoholism, delirium, neuralgia, sleeplessness in children, etc.; extern., like iodoform, and as a preservative of hypodermic solutions (1:500).—Dose: 3—10 grn., in powd., alcoholic solut., or hot water cooled down and sweetened to taste. Max. D.: 15 grn. single, 60 grn. daily.—Caution: Avoid large doses in fever!

Acetyl-phenyl-hydrazine Merck.

Hydracetin; Pyrodin.—Prisms, or tablets: silky luster; odorl.; tastel.—Sol. in 50 parts water; in alcohol, chloroform.—Antipyretic, Analgesic, Antiparasitic—Uses: Intern., to reduce fever generally, in rheumatism, etc.; extern., psoriasis and other skin diseases.—Dose: 1/2—3 grn.—Extern. in 10% oint.

Acid, Acetic, Merck.—Glacial.—U.S.P.—99.5%.—C.P.

Caustic (in warts or corns) and Vesicant. Not used internally.—Antidotes: Emetics, magnesia, chalk, soap, oil, etc.

Acid, Acetic, Merck.—U.S.P.—36%.

Dose: 15—40 ♏, well diluted.

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.

Acid, Camphoric, Merck.—C.P., Cryst.

Colorl. needles or scales; odorl.; feebly acid taste.—Sol. in alcohol, ether; very slightly in water; 50 parts fats or oils.—Antihidrotic, Antiseptic, Astringent, Anticatarrhal.—Uses: Extern., 2—6% aqueous solut., with 11% of alcohol to each 1% of acid, in acute skin diseases, as gargle or spray in acute and chronic affections of respiratory tract; intern., night-sweats, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia,