Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica (eBook)

Barium Sulphide Merck.—Pure.

Amorph., light-yellow powd.—Sol. in water.—Alterative.—Uses: Syphilitic and scrofulous affections; depilatory (with flour).—Dose: ½—1 grn. in keratin-coated pills.

Bebeerine Merck.—Pure.

Bebirine; Bibirine; supposed identical with Buxine and Pelosine.—Yellowish-brown, amorph. powd.; odorl.; bitter.—Sol. in alcohol, ether; insol. in water.—Antipyretic, Tonic, similar to quinine.—Dose: Febrifuge, 6—12 grn.; tonic, ½—1½ grn. 3 or 4 t. daily.

Bebeerine Sulphate Merck.

Reddish-brown scales.—Sol. in water, alcohol.—Uses and Doses: As of bebeerine.

Belladonna Leaves—U.S.P.

Preparations: Ext. (D., ⅛—½ grn.); Tr. (D., 5—20 min.); Plaster (20 per cent. ext.); Oint. (10 per cent. ext.)

Belladonna Root—U.S.P.

Preparations: F.E. (D., ½—2 min.); Lin. (95 per cent. F.E., 5 per cent. camphor).

Benzanilide Merck.

White powd., or colorl. scales.—Sol. in 58 parts alcohol; slightly in ether; almost insol. in water.—Antipyretic, especially for children.—Dose: Children, 1½—6 grn., according to age, several t. daily; adults, 10—15 grn.

Benzene, from Coal Tar, Merck.—Highly Purified, Crystallizable.

Miscible with alcohol, ether, chloroform, oils.—Antispasmodic and Anticatarrhal.—Uses: Whooping-cough, influenza, etc.—Dose: 2—10 ♏ every 3 hours, in emulsion, or on sugar or in capsules.—Max. D.: 45 ♏.

Benzoin—U.S.P.

Preparations: Tr. (D., 20—40 min.), Comp. Tr. (D., 30—60 min.).

Benzolyptus.

Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Alkaline solution of various highly approved antiseptics of recognized value in catarrhal affections; Dental and Surgical Disinfectant; Antifermentative.—Liq.—Sol. in water.—Dose: 1 fl. dr., diluted.—Extern. in 10—30% solut.")

Benzosol.

Benzoyl-Guaiacol; Guaiacol Benzoate.—Wh., odorl., alm. tastel., cryst. powd.—Sol. in alcohol; insol. in water.—Antitubercular, Intest. Antiseptic.—Dose: 3—15 grn., in pill, or powd. with peppermint-oil sugar.

Benzoyl-pseudotropeine Hydrochlorate Merck,—see Tropacocaine, etc.

Berberine Carbonate Merck.

Yellowish-brown cryst. powd.: bitter taste.—Sol. in diluted acids.—Antiperiodic, Stomachic, Tonic.—Uses: Malarial affections, amenorrhea, enlargement of spleen, anorexia, chronic intestinal catarrh, vomiting of pregnancy, etc.—Dose: Antiperiodic, 8—15 grn.; stomachic and tonic, ½—1½ grn. 3 t. daily; in pills or capsules.

Berberine Hydrochlorate Merck.—Cryst.

Yellow, microcrystalline needles.—Sol. in water.—Uses and Dose: Same as berberine carbonate.

Berberine Phosphate Merck.—Cryst.

Yellow powd.—Sol. in water.—Most sol. salt of berberine, and easiest to administer, in pills, hydro-alcoholic solut., or aromatic syrup.—Uses and Dose: Same as berberine carbonate.

Berberine Sulphate Merck.—Cryst.

Yellow needles.—Sol. with difficulty in water; almost insol. in alcohol.—Uses and Dose: Same as berberine carbonate.

Betol Merck.

Naphtalol; Naphto-salol; Sali-naphtol; Beta-naphtol Salicylate.—White powd.; odorl.; tastel.—Sol. in boiling alcohol, in ether, benzene; insol. in water, glycerin.—Internal Antiseptic, Antizymotic, Antirheumatic.—Uses: Putrid processes of intestinal tract, cystic catarrh, rheumatism, etc.—Dose: 4—8 grn., 4 t. daily, in wafers, milk or emulsion.

Bismal.

Bismuth Methylene-digallate, Merck.—Gray-blue powd.—Sol. in alkalies; insol. in water or gastric juice.—Intestinal Astringent (especially in diarrheas not benefited by opiates).—Dose: 2—5 grn. every 3 hours, in wafers or powd.

Bismuth Benzoate Merck.—C.P.

White, tastel. powd.—27% of benzoic acid.—Sol. in mineral acids; insol. in water.—Antiseptic.—Uses: Intern., gastro-intestinal diseases; extern., like iodoform on wounds, etc.—Dose: 5—15 grn.

Bismuth Beta-naphtolate.

Orphol.—Brown, insol. powd.; 23% beta-naphtol.—Intestinal Antiseptic.—Dose: 8—15 grn., in pills or wafers; children half as much.

Bismuth Citrate Merck.—U.S.P.

White powd.; odorl.; tastel.—Sol., very slightly in water.—Stomachic and Astringent.—Uses: Diarrhea, dyspepsia, etc.—Dose: 1—3 grn.

Bismuth Nitrate Merck.—Cryst.

Bismuth Ter-nitrate or Trinitrate.—Colorl. hygroscopic cryst.; acid taste.—Changed to sub-nitrate by water.—Sol. in acids, glycerin.—Astringent, Antiseptic.—Uses: Phthisical diarrhea, etc.—Dose: 5—10 grn., dissolved in glycerin and then diluted with water.

Bismuth Oxyiodide Merck.

Bismuth Subiodide.—Brownish-red, amorph., insol. powd.; odorl., tastel.—Antiseptic.—Uses: Extern., on suppurating wounds, ulcers, in skin diseases, gonorrhea, etc.; intern., gastric ulcers, typhoid fever, and diseases of mucous membranes.—Dose: 3—10 grn., 3 t. daily, in mixture, powd., or capsule.—Extern. like iodoform; in gonorrhea in 1% injection.

Bismuth Phosphate, Soluble, Merck.

White powd.—Sol. in 3 parts water.—Intestinal Antiseptic and Astringent.—Uses: Acute gastric or intestinal catarrh.—Dose: 3—8 grn.

Bismuth Salicylate Merck.—Basic.—64% Bi2O3.

White, odorl., tastel. powd.; insol. in water.—External and Intestinal Antiseptic and Astringent.—Uses: Intern., phthisical diarrhea, summer complaint, typhoid, etc.; extern., like iodoform.—Dose: 5—15 grn.

Bismuth Sub-benzoate Merck.

White powd.—Antiseptic, like iodoform.—Uses: As dusting-powd. for syphilitic ulcers, etc.

Bismuth Subcarbonate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.

Dose: 5—30 grn.

Bismuth Subgallate Merck.

Odorl., yellow, insol. powd.; 55% Bi2O3f.—Siccative Antiseptic, and substitute for bismuth subnitrate internally.—Uses: Extern., on wounds, ulcers, eczemas, etc.; intern., in gastro-intestinal affections.—Dose: 4—8 grn., several t. daily.—Extern. like iodoform.

Bismuth Subiodide—see Bismuth Oxyiodide.

Bismuth Subnitrate Merck.—U.S.P.—C.P.

Dose: 5—40 grn.

Merck's Bismuth Subnitrate is a very light powder and fully conforms to the pharmacopœial requirements.

Bismuth Valerianate Merck.

White powd., valerian odor.—Insol. in water, alcohol.—Sedative, Antispasmodic.—Uses: Nervous headache, cardialgia, chorea, etc.—Dose: 1—3 grn.

Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate Merck.—U.S.P.

Sol. in water; slightly in alcohol.—Dose: 2—5 grn.

Black Haw—U.S.P.

Viburnum Prunifolium.—Nervine, Oxytocic, Astringent.—Preparation: F.E. (D., 30—60 min.)

Borax—see Sodium Borate.

Boro-fluorine.

Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Contains 19¼% boric acid, 5¾% sodium fluoride, 3% benzoic acid, 42% gum vehicle, ½% formaldehyde, 29½% water.—Colorl. liq.; miscible with water in all proport.—Surgical Antiseptic, Internal Disinfectant.—Dose: ½—1 fl. dr., in water.—Extern. mostly in 5—20% solut.")

Borolyptol.

Not completely defined.—(Stated: "5% aceto-boro-glyceride, 0.1% formaldehyde, with the antiseptic constituents of pinus pumilio, eucalyptus, myrrh, storax, and benzoin.—Arom., slightly astring., non-staining liq.—Antiseptic, Disinfectant.—Dose: ½—1 fl. dr., diluted.—Extern. in 5—50% solut.")

Brayerin,—see Koussein.

Bromalin.

Hexamethylene-tetramine Bromethylate, Merck.—Colorl. laminæ, or white powd.—Sol. in water.—Nerve-sedative, Antiepileptic; free from untoward effects of inorganic bromides.—Uses: As substitute for potassium bromide.—Dose: 30—60 grn., several t. daily, in wafers or sweetened water.

Bromides (Peacock's).

Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Each fl. dr. represents 15 grn. combined bromides of potass., sod., calc., ammon., lithium.—Sedative, Antiepileptic.—Dose: 1—2 fl. drs., in water, 3 or 4 t. daily.")

Bromidia.

Not completely defined.—(Stated: "Each fl. dr. contains 15 grn. each chloral hydrate and potass. bromide, ⅛ grn. each ext. cannab. ind. and ext. hyoscyam.—Hypnotic, Sedative.—Dose: 1—2 fl. drs.")

Bromine—U.S.P.

Sol. in alcohol, ether, chloroform, solut. bromides; also 30 parts water.—Dose: 1—3 min., well diluted. Extern. ¼—1 per cent....