Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon: containing names of the chemicals and drugs ... / compiled from the most recent authoritative sources and published by Merck & Co.

Date:
1911
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Credit: Merck's manual of the materia medica : a ready reference pocket book for the physician and surgeon: containing names of the chemicals and drugs ... / compiled from the most recent authoritative sources and published by Merck & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE,—see Mercury Bichloride. COTARNINE HYDROCHLORIDE,—see Stypticin. COTARNINE PHTALATE,—see Styptol. COTTON-ROOT BARK.—Emmenagogue, Oxytocic.—Uses: Amen- orrhea, menorrhagia, and instead of ergot.—Preparation: Fl'extr., 30— 60rn(2—4Cc.). CREOLIN-PEARSON.—Saponified Coal-tar Cresote, Pearson.— Dark, syrupy liq.; tar odor.—Sol. in alcohol, ether, chloroform; in water to 2^%, yielding a milky emulsion.—Disinfectant, Germicide, Antiseptic, Styptic, Deodorizer.—Uses: Non-poisonous substitute for carbolic acid, etc., in general disinfection—apartments, hospitals, school-rooms, etc. Removes odor of iodoform.—Intern., dysentery, diarrhea, meteorism, gastric catarrh, worms, thrush, diphtheria; enema 0.5% solut.—Extern. in i to 2% solut. in surg. operations; 1—5:1000 inject, in gonorrh.; 2—5% oint. in scabies and pediculi, erysipelas, burns, ulcers.—Dose: 1—5 TT( (0.06—0.3 Cc.) 3 times daily, in pills. In cholera, 16 TTl (1 Cc.) every ^ hour for 5 doses, then at longer intervals.—Caution: Aqueous solut. should be freshly made when wanted. CREOSOTAL,—see Creosote Carbonate. CREOSOTE FROM BEECHWOOD MERCK.—Colorl. or slightly yel- low liquid.—Sol. in abt. 150 parts water; miscible in all proportions with alcohol, ether or chloroform, and with up to 3 parts glycerin.—Antituber- cular. Antiseptic, Antipyretic, Anthelmintic.—Uses: Phthisis, diabetes mellitus, enlarged cervical glands, toothache, vomiting, cholera morbus, diarrhea, dysentery, abnormal gastric and intestin. ferment, processes, etc. Diluted, applied locally in chilblains, bums, diphtheria, fetid leu- corrhea, fistulous ulcers, etc.—Dose: 2—5 V([ (0.12—0.3 Cc), gradually increased to limit of tolerance; in pills, capsules, wine or brandy.—Max. Initial D.: 5 TTl (0.3 Cc.) single; 15 V([ (1 Cc.) daily.—Incompatibles: Acacia; albumin; cupric, ferric, gold and silver salts; oxidizers.—Cau- tion: Wherever Creosote is indicated for internal medication, Creosote from Beech wood should be dispensed; and under no circumstances should Creosote from Coal Tar be given, unless explicitly so directed. Wood Creosote and Coal-tar Creosote differ very widely in their action on the human body: Wood Creosote is comparatively harmless; Coal-tar Creo- sote decidedly poisonous.—Preparation: Water, 1—4 fl. drs. (4—16 Cc). Merck's Beechwood Creosote is absolutely free from the poisonous coerulignol found in some of the wood creosote on the market. The U. S. Pharmacopoeia now recognizes only this high grade. CREOSOTE CARBONATE MERCK.—Colorless to yellowish, odorl.. sl. bitter Uq.—Sol. in oils (5 parts cod-liver oil), alcohol, ether; insol. in water.—Antitubercular.—Uses: As of creosote.—Dose: 5—20 V\ (0.3—1.3 Cc), grad. increased to 80 HI (5.3 Cc), 3 t. per day. CREOSOTE PHOSPHITE.—Phosphotal.—Oily liq.—Sol. in alcohol, glycerin, oils.—Antitubercular, Anticachectic—Uses and Dose: As of creosote; in pills, wine, or elixir. CREOSOTE VALERATE.—EosoTE.—Oily liq.—Sol. in alcohol or ether.—Antitubercular, Intestinal Disinfectant.—Uses: As of Creosote. —Dose: 3—10 TTl (0.2—0.6 Cc.) 3 t. daily, in caps, or milk. CRESOL MERCK.—Colorl. or straw-colored liq.; phenol-like odor; becomes yellowish-brown on prolonged exposure to light.—Sol. abt. 70 water; easily in alcohol, ether, glycerin, and soluts. of alkalies.—Uses: As of carbolic acid. CRYOGENIN.—Kryogenin.—White, cryst., somewhat bitter powd. —Sol. alcohol, chloroform, ether; abt. 40 water.—Antipyretic—Uses: Phthisis, typhoid.—Dose: 5—15 grn. (0.3—1 Gm.). CUBEBS.—Carminative, Sedative, Diuretic—Uses: Gonorrhea, leu- corrhea; bronchial, pharyngeal, and nasal catarrhs; urethritis, prostatitis. —Dose: 15—60 grn. (1—4 Gm.).—Preparations: Fl'extr., 15—60 111 (1— 4Cc.); Oil, 5—15TTl (0.3—1 Cc); Oleores., 10—30 TTl (0.6—2 Co.): Tr., 1—4 fl. drs. (4—16 Cc); Troches (i TTl [0.03 Cc] oleores.).