Merck's 1899 Manual Part 28

CREAM OF TARTAR.--~Dose:~ 1--8 drams.

~Pota.s.sium Bromide.--U.S.P.~

~Dose:~ 15--60 grn.

~Pota.s.sium Cantharidate Merck.~

White, amorph. powd., or cryst. ma.s.s.--SOL. in water.--USES: Hypodermically in tuberculosis (Liebreich).--INJECTION: 3--6 [min.] of 3:5000 solut.

~Pota.s.sium Carbonate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Pota.s.sium Chlorate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.--_Preparation:_ Troches (4--1/2 grn.).--INCOMPATIBLES: Iron iodide, tartaric acid.--CAUTION: Do not triturate with sulphur, phosphorus, or organic or combustible compounds. Inflames or explodes with sulphuric acid and any organic powd. Do not administer on empty stomach!

~Pota.s.sium Citrate Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure.~

SOL. in 0.6 part water; slightly in alcohol.--USES: Rheumatism, lithiasis, fevers.--~Dose:~ 20--25 grn.

~Pota.s.sium Cyanide Merck.--C.P.~

SOL. in 2 parts water; slightly in alcohol.--Sedative, Antispasmodic, Anodyne. USES: _Intern._, dyspnea, asthma, phthisis, catarrh, whooping-cough, etc.; _extern._, 0.2--0.8% aqueous solut. in neuralgia and local pains; 0.6--1.2% aqueous solut. removes silver-nitrate stains from conjunctiva.--~Dose:~ 1/8 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Chlorine water, chlorinated-soda solut., ammonia, cold affusion, 10 grn. iron sulphate with 1 dram tincture of iron in ounce of water.--INCOMPATIBLES: Morphine salts, acid syrups, and silver nitrate.

~Pota.s.sium Glycerino-phosphate Merck.--50% Solut.~

Thick liq.--SOL. in water.--Nerve-tonic.--USES: Neurasthenia, phosphaturia, convalescence from influenza, etc.--INJECTION: 3--4 grn.

daily, in water containing sodium chloride.

~Pota.s.sium Hydrate Merck.--C.P.~

CAUSTIC POTa.s.sA.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Escharotic, Antacid, Diuretic.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1 grn., highly diluted with water.--_Preparation:_ Solut. (5%).--ANTIDOTES: Vinegar, lemon juice, orange juice, oil, milk; opium if pain; stimulants in depression.

~Pota.s.sium Hydrate with Lime (_Pota.s.sa with Lime, U.S.P._).--Powder.~

VIENNA CAUSTIC; POTa.s.sA-LIME.--USES: _Extern._, cautery, in paste with alcohol.

~Pota.s.sium Hypophosphite Merck.~

SOL. in 0.6 part water, 7.3 parts alcohol.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.--CAUTION: Explodes violently on trituration or heating with any nitrate, chlorate, or other oxidizer.

~Pota.s.sium Iodide Merck.--C.P.~

SOL. in 0.75 part water, 2.5 parts glycerin, 18 parts alcohol.--INCOMPATIBLES: Chloral hydrate, tartaric acid, calomel, silver nitrate, pota.s.sium chlorate, metallic salts, acids.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (12%).

~Pota.s.sium Nitrate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

SALTPETER; NITER.--SOL. in 3.8 parts water.--~Dose:~ 10--60 grn.--_Preparation:_ Paper (fumes inhaled in asthma).

~Pota.s.sium Nitrite Merck.--C.P.~

White, deliquescent sticks.--SOL. in water.--USES: Asthma, epilepsy, hemicrana.--~Dose:~ 1/4--2 grn. several t. daily.

~Pota.s.sium Permanganate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 16 parts water.--Disinfectant, Deodorant, Emmenagogue.--~Dose:~ 1--2 grn., in solut. or pills made with kaolin and petrolatum, or with cacao b.u.t.ter, after meals.--INCOMPATIBLES: All oxidizable substances, particularly organic ones, such as glycerin, alcohol, etc.--Remove stains with oxalic, or hydrochloric, acid.

~Pota.s.sium Phosphate, Dibasic, Merck.--C.P.~

Deliquescent, amorph., white powd.--SOL. in water.--Alterative.--USES: Scrofula, rheumatism, phthisis, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--30 grn.

~Pota.s.sium Salicylate Merck.~

White, slightly deliquescent powd.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Antirheumatic, Antipyretic, a.n.a.lgesic.--USES: Rheumatism, pleurisy, pericarditis, lumbago, muscular pains, etc.--~Dose:~ 6--15 grn.

~Pota.s.sium Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

SOL. in 9.5 parts water.--USES: Constipation, and as antigalactic.--~Dose:~ 20--120 grn., several t. daily, in solut.

~Pota.s.sium Sulphite Merck.--Pure.~

White, opaque cryst., or slightly deliquescent, white powd.--SOL. in 4 parts water, slightly in alcohol.--Antizymotic.--USES: Acid fermentation of stomach, and gastric ulceration.--~Dose:~ 15--60 grn.

~Pota.s.sium Tartrate Merck.--Pure.~

SOLUBLE TARTAR.--Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in 1.4 parts water.--Diuretic, Laxative.--~Dose:~ _Diuretic_, 15--30 grn., _laxative_, 1--3 drams.

~Pota.s.sium Tellurate Merck.--C.P.~

White cryst.--SOL. in water.--Antihidrotic.--USES: Night-sweats of phthisis.--~Dose:~ 1/2--3/4 grn., at night, in pills or alcoholic julep.

~Pota.s.sium and Sodium Tartrate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

ROCh.e.l.lE, or SEIGNETTE, SALT.--~Dose:~ 2--8 drams.--_Preparation:_ Seidlitz Powder.

Powder, Antimonial--U.S.P.

JAMES'S POWDER.--33 per cent. antimony oxide.--Alterative, Diaph.o.r.etic, Antipyretic.--~Dose:~ 2--10 grn.

~Propylamine~, so-called,--see SOLUTION, TRIMETHYLAMINE.

~Prostaden.~

STANDARDIZED DRIED EXTRACT PROSTATE GLAND, _Knoll._--USES: Hypertrophy of prostate.--~Dose:~ Up to 40 grn., daily, in tablets or powder.

~Protargol.~