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11 2 NOTES ON THE NE WER REMEDIES.
been tried with success both in medical and in surgical
cases.
Administration.-The dose of peroxide of hydrogen
is given as from 2 to 2 drachms (1.09 to 4.36 grammes).
The solution used in practical medicine contains about
ten times its volume of active oxygen.
HYDRO-NAPHTHOL.
This substance, although apparently similar to and
identical with beta-naphthol, is, however, derived from
the latter by the substitution of a molecule of hydroxyl
(OH) for an atom of H.
Solubility.-Hydro-napthol is soluble in water in the
proportion of from I part in I0oo to I part in 9oo parts.
Therapeutic Applications.-This remedy has quite
recently been suggested as useful in the prophylactic
treatment of cholera, and even in that of the fully-devel-
oped disease. The drug has been proven to be distinctly
antiseptic and germicidal, respectively, in the proportion
of I part to 7000 parts of nutritive culture-medium, and
in equal parts of the remedy and a bouillon culture of
the cholera bacillus. Hydro-naphthol has been highly
recommended in the treatment of simple diarrhea, dys-
entery, typhoid fever, an in pulmonary phthisis.
Administration.-This medicament may be adminis-
tered as a prophylactic against cholera in doses of from
8 to to grains (o.5 to o.6 gramme) three or four times a
day for a few days, reducing the amount subsequently.
For the other disorders mentioned the drug may be
given in quantities of 2 a drachm (I.09 gramme) in the
course of the twenty-four hours. Hydro-naphthol is
best given in capsules, wafers, emulsion, or keratin-coated
pills.
HYDROXYLAMIN.
Obtained by the action of hydrogen upon nitric acid
or by the interaction of sodium-hydrogen sulphite in a
concentrated solution of sodium nitrate. The hydroxyl-
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Cerna, David. Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition, book, 1894; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143542/m1/111/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.