Practical therapeutics, including materia medica and prescription writing

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C. V. Mosby, 1914 - 420 pages
 

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Page 293 - Act to regulate the sale of viruses, serums, toxins, and analogous products in the District of Columbia, to regulate interstate traffic in said articles, and for other purposes,
Page 235 - Gm. (71/! grains) four times a day to 1 Gm. (15 grains) three times a day suspended in large quantities of water. To prevent the precipitation of free uric acid from the urine, sodium bicarbonate may be administered simultaneously.
Page 251 - At 18°, it dissolves in 292 parts of ethyl alcohol, in 1,020 parts of absolute ether, in 91 parts of ethyl acetate and in 26 parts of acetone; further, in 77 parts of boiling benzene, in 52 parts of boiling ethyl alcohol and in 56 parts of boiling methyl alcohol. It is extremely soluble in chloroform and almost insoluble in light petroleum. Ergotinine is strongly dextrorotatory; the specific rotation of a saturated...
Page 299 - The immunity unit for measuring the strength of tetanus antitoxin shall be ten times the least quantity of antitetanic serum necessary to save the life of a 350-gram guinea pig for ninety-six hours against the official test dose of a standard toxin furnished by the Hygienic Laboratory of the Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service.
Page 315 - Test. In this test the serum of the blood is mixed with salt solution and then with a suspension of killed typhoid bacilli, so as to bring the dilution up to 1 to 50. The positive reaction is determined by noting that the clumps of bacteria sink to the bottom of the test tube and leave a limpid, clear fluid above a small. 256 APRIL, 1913 257 white, floculent mass of agglutinated bacilli. HK Mulford Co., Philadelphia (Jour. Л. М. A,. Feb. 3, 1912, p. 343). Gynoval is isoborneol isovalerate, CH,....
Page 392 - Mixture of enzymes obtained from the fresh pancreas of the hog or the ox and consisting principally of amylopsin, myopsin, trypsin and steapsin and capable of converting not less than 25 times its weight of starch into water-soluble substance (dextrose). It digests albuminoids and in neutral, faintiy alkaline or acid media converts starch.
Page 235 - F.). It Is almost insoluble in water, but readily soluble in alcohol and in ether; also soluble in chloroform, in glycerin and in olive oil. It is decomposed by heating with caustic alkalies into naphthol and a benzoate which will then give their characteristic reactions. To test beta-naphthol benzoate for the presence of beta-naphthol it should be shaken several times with dilute solution of sodium hydroxide (1:10) and immediately filtered. If betanaphthol is present in considerable amount It will...
Page 259 - Nos. 120,863, 120,864, 120,865). It Is a white, crystalline powder, having a faint aromatic odor and taste, melting at 74° C. (165.2° F.), and boiling at 215° C. (419° F.). It dissolves In 120 parts of water at 37° C. (98.6° F.), but Is more soluble at higher temperatures and Is readily soluble In alcohol, ether, chloroform and other organic solvents. It Is readily volatilized with the vapors of water or alcohol, and when boiled with alkalies is split up into its constituents, methylpropylcarbinol,...
Page 231 - Neosalvarsan is a mixture of sodium 3-diamino-4-dihydroxy-l-arsenobenzene-methanal-sulphoxylate with inert inorganic salts. The arsenic content of three parts of neosalvarsan is approximately equal to two parts of salvarsan. Neosalvarsan is supplied in sealed tubes containing, respectively, 0.15 gm (2...
Page 404 - Antidiphtheric serum occurs as a yellowish or yellowish-brown, transparent or slightly turbid liquid, odorless or having a slight odor due to the presence of an antiseptic used as a preservative. The standard of strength, expressed in units of antitoxin power, must be...

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