Merck's 1899 Manual - Part 36
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Storax--U.S.P.

Stimulant, Antiseptic, Expectorant.--~Dose:~ 5--20 grn.--Enters into Comp. Tr. Benzoin.

Stramonium Leaves--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 2--5 grn.

Stramonium Seed--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--3 grn.--_Preparations:_ Ext. (D., 1/4--1/2 grn.); F.E.

(1:1); Oint. (10 per cent. Ext.); Tr. (15:100).

~Strontium a.r.s.enite Merck.~

White powd.--Almost insol. in water.--Alterative, Tonic.--USES: Skin diseases and malarial affections.--~Dose:~; 1/30--1/15 grn., in pills.

~Strontium Bromide Merck.--Cryst.~

Deliquescent, colorl., odorl. needles; bitter-saline taste.--SOL. in alcohol; 1--2 parts water.--Gastric Tonic, Nerve-sedative, Antiepileptic, Antinephritic.--USES: Hyperacidity of stomach; rheumatism, gout, epilepsy, nervousness, hysteria, headache, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--40 grn. In epilepsy as much as 150 grn. may be given daily.

~Strontium Iodide Merck.~

White or yellowish, deliquescent powd. or plates; bitterish-saline taste.--SOL. in alcohol, ether; 0.6 parts water.--Alterative, Sialagogue.--USES: Subst.i.tute for pota.s.sium iodide in heart disease, asthma, rheumatism, scrofula, etc.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.

~Strontium Lactate Merck.--U.S.P.--C.P.~

White, granular powd.; slightly bitter taste.--SOL. in alcohol, 4 parts water.--Anthelmintic, Antinephritic, Tonic.--USES: Nephritis, worms, rheumatism, gout, and ch.o.r.ea. Decreases alb.u.min in urine, without diuresis.--~Dose:~ 10--20 grn.; for worms, 30 grn. twice daily for 5 days.

~Strontium Salicylate Merck.--Cryst.~

SOL. in about 20 parts water, in alcohol.--Antirheumatic, Tonic.--USES: Rheumatism, gout, ch.o.r.ea, muscular pains, and pleurisy. ~Dose:~ 10--40 grn.

~Strophanthin Merck.--C.P.~

White powd.; very bitter taste.--SOL. in water, alcohol.--Heart Tonic, _not_ Diuretic.--USES: Similar to digitalin.--~Dose:~ 1/200--1/60 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, stomach siphon, muscarine, atropine, camphor, picrotoxin.

Strophantus--U.S.P.

Cardiac Tonic, like digitalis.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (D., 3--10 min.).

~Strychnine (Alkaloid) Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 7 parts chloroform, 110 parts alcohol, 6700 parts water.--~Dose:~ 1/60--1/20 grn.--ANTIDOTES: Stomach pump, tannin, emetics, charcoal, paraldehyde, urethane, pota.s.sium bromide, chloroform, chloral hydrate, artificial respiration, etc.

~Strychnine a.r.s.enate Merck.~

White powd.; very bitter taste.--SOL. in about 15 parts water.--Alterative, Ant.i.tubercular.--USES: Tuberculosis, skin diseases, malarial affections, etc.; usually hypodermically, 0.5% in liq.

paraffin; of this 4--10 [min.] may be injected daily.--~Dose:~ 1/64--1/16 grn.

~Strychnine a.r.s.enite Merck.~

White powd.--SOL. slightly in water.--USES, DOSES, ETC., as of the a.r.s.enate.

~Strychnine Hypophosphite Merck.~

White cryst. powd.--SOL. in water.--USES: Tubercular affections, scrofula, and wasting diseases generally.--~Dose:~ 1/32--1/12 grn.

~Strychnine Nitrate Merck.~

Groups of silky needles.--SOL. in 50 parts water, 60 parts alcohol.--USES, DOSES, ETC.: About as the Alkaloid. Most frequently used in _dipsomania_.

~Strychnine Sulphate Merck.--U.S.P.~

SOL. in 50 parts water, 109 parts alcohol. USES, DOSES, ETC., same as of the Alkaloid.

~Stypticin.~

COTARNINE HYDROCHLORATE, _Merck_.--Yellow cryst.--SOL. in water.--Hemostatic, Uterine Sedative.--USES: Uterine hemorrhage, dysmenorrhea, fibroids, subinvolution, climacteric disorders, etc.--~Dose:~ 2--5 grn. 4 t. daily, in pearls.--INJECTION (urgent cases): 2--3 grn., in 10% solut.

~Sulfonal.~

DIETHYLSULPHONE-DIMETHYL-METHANE.--Colorl., tastel, cryst.--SOL. 500 parts in water; 135 ether; 110 dil. alcohol.--Hypnotic, Sedative.--~Dose:~ 15--45 grn., in powd.

~Sulphur Merck.--Precipitated.~

LAC SULPHURIS; MILK OF SULPHUR.--~Dose:~ 1/2--2 drams.

Sulphur, Sublimed--U.S.P.

FLOWERS OF SULPHUR.--Intended for external use only.

Sulphur, Washed--U.S.P.

~Dose:~ 1--3 drs.--_Preparation:_ Oint. (30 per cent.).--Enters into Comp. Liquorice Powd.

~Sulphur Iodide Merck.~

80% iodine.--Grayish-black ma.s.ses.--SOL. in 60 parts glycerin.--Antiseptic, Alterative.--USES: _Intern._, scrofula, and chronic skin diseases; _extern._, in 5--10% oint., for eczema, psoriasis, prurigo, etc.--~Dose:~ 1--4 grn.

Sumbul--U.S.P.

MUSK ROOT.--Antispasmodic, Sedative.--_Preparation:_ Tr. (D., 15--60 min.).

~Svapnia.~

Not completely defined.--(Stated: "Purified opium; 10% morphine; contains the anodyne and soporific alkaloids codeine and morphine, but excludes the convulsive alkaloids thebaine, narcotine, and papaverine.--~Dose:~ Same as of opium.")

Syrup, Hydriodic Acid--U.S.P.