Merck's 1899 Manual Part 266

Manganese Dioxide.

Malt: an antis...o...b..tic.

Oil Turpentine.

Oranges: useful.

Phosphates: when non-a.s.similation a cause.

Pota.s.sium Binoxalate: in doses of four grn. three times a day; if not obtainable sorrel is useful instead.

Pota.s.sium Chlorate.

Pota.s.sium Citrate: subst.i.tute for lime-juice.

Pyrethrum.

Quinine: with mineral acids internally.

Silver Nitrate.

Tartar Emetic.

Vegetable Charcoal: as tooth-powder to remove fetid odor.

Vinegar: very inferior subst.i.tute for lime-juice.

~Sea-Sickness.~--_See also, Nausea, Vomiting._

Acetanilid.

Acid, Hydrocyanic.

Acid, Nitro-Hydrochloric: formula: Acidi nitro-hydrochlorici, dil. 3 fl. drams; Acidi hydrocyanici dil. half fl. dram; Magnesii sulphatis, 2 drams; Aq. 8 fl. oz.: 1 fl. oz. 3 times a day.

Amyl Nitrite: a few drops on handkerchief inhaled; the handkerchief must be held close to the mouth.

Atropine: one-hundredth grn. hypodermically.

Bitters: calumba, etc.

Bromalin.

Bromides.

Caffeine Citrate: for the headache.

Cannabis Indica: one-third to one-half grn. of the extract to relieve headache.

Capsic.u.m.

Champagne, Iced: small doses frequently repeated.

Chloralamide and Pota.s.sium Bromide.

Chloral Hydrate: fifteen to thirty grn. every four hours most useful; should be given before nausea sets in; the combination with pota.s.sium bromide, taken with effervescing citrate of magnesia, is very good.

Chloroform: pure, two to five minims on sugar.

Coca: infusion quickly relieves.

Cocaine.

Counter-irritation: mustard plaster or leaf to epigastrium.

Creosote.

Hyoscyamine: one-sixtieth grain with the same quant.i.ty of strychnine.

Hyoscyamus.

Ice: to spine.

Kola.

Magnetic Belt.

Morphine: hypodermically.

Neurodin.

Nitroglycerin.

Nux Vomica: when indigestion with constipation.

Orexine Tannate.

Pota.s.sium Bromide: should be given several days before voyage is begun.

Resorcin.

Levico Water.

Salt and Warm Water.

Sodium Bromide: like pota.s.sium salt.