Merck's 1899 Manual Part 41

White cryst.--SOL. in 60 parts water.--Antiepileptic.--~Dose:~ 1/2--1 grn., gradually increased.--MAX. D.: 10 grn. daily.

~Zinc Oxide Merck.--U.S.P.~

EXTERN: in 5--20% oint. or powd.--USES: _Intern._, ch.o.r.ea, epilepsy, chronic diarrhea, etc.; _extern._, wounds, skin diseases, etc.--~Dose~: 1--5 grn.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (20%).

~Zinc Permanganate Merck.--C.P.~

Violet-brown, or almost black, hygroscopic cryst.--SOL. in water.--Antiseptic, non-irritating Antigonorrhoic.--USES: 1:4000 solut.

as injection in gonorrhea; and 1 or 2:1000 as eye-wash in conjunctivitis.--INCOMPATIBLES: All easily oxidizable or combustible substances. Explodes when compounded directly with alcohol, glycerin, sugar, dry or fluid vegetable extracts.

~Zinc Phosphide Merck.--U.S.P.~

INSOL. in the usual solvents.--USES: s.e.xual exhaustion, cerebral affections, melancholia, and chronic skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 1/20--1/4 grn., in pill.

~Zinc Stearate Merck.~

White, agglutinating powd.; turns darker on exposure.--INSOL. in water.--Antiseptic, Astringent.--USES: Gonorrhea, atrophic rhinitis, etc.--APPLIED in substance, or combined with iodole, iodoformogen, etc.

~Zinc Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

WHITE VITRIOL; ZINC VITRIOL.--SOL. in 0.6 part water, 3 parts glycerin.--~Dose:~ 1/4--1/2 grn.; _emetic_, 10--30 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Alkali carbonates, tannic acid, alb.u.men, demulcents.

~Zinc Sulphocarbolate Merck.~

Colorl. cryst.--SOL. in 2 parts water; 5 parts alcohol.--Antiseptic, Astringent.--USES: _Extern._, gonorrhea, foul ulcers, etc.; _intern._, typhoid, fermentative diarrhea, etc.--EXTERN. in 1/2--1% solut.--~Dose:~ 2--4 grn.

~Zinc Valerianate Merck.--U.S.P.~

Decomposes on exposure.--SOL. in 40 parts alcohol, 100 parts water.--USES: Diabetes insipidus, nervous affections, neuralgia, etc.--~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.--MAX. D.: 5 grn.

PART II--THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS

FOR THE USE OF THE MATERIA MEDICA AND OTHER AGENTS.

~Abasia and Astasia.~--_See also, Hysteria._

Sodium Phosphate: by hypodermic injection once a day for 25 days (Charcot).

~Abdominal Plethora.~--_See also, Hepatic Congestion, Obesity._

Aliment: dry diet; avoid much bread, as well as salted or twice cooked meats, rich sauces, etc.

Cathartics, saline and hydragogue: to relieve portal congestion.

Grape cure.

Saline mineral waters.

~Abortion.~

Acid, Tannic: combined with opium and ipecac.

Cascara Sagrada: as a laxative.

Cimicifuga: as a prophylactic.

Cotton Root.

Creolin: 2 per cent. solution, injected after removal of membranes.

Curettement.

Diet and Hygiene.

Ergot.

Gold Chloride: to avert the tendency to abort.

Iodine: to inner surface of uterus after removal of membranes.

Iron: with pota.s.sium chlorate throughout the pregnancy when fatty degeneration present.

Opium or Morphine.

Piscidia.

Pota.s.sium Chlorate.

Savin.

Viburnum Prunifolium.

~Abrasions.~--_See also, Bruises, Burns, etc._

Benzoin.

Collodion.

Iodoform.

Iodoformogen.