Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition Page: 138
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138 NOTES ON THE NEWER REMEDIES.
Administration.-The dose of this drug varies from
- to 4 grain (o.oLo to 0.03 gramme).
NAPHTHALENE.
Also styled naphali Zlin, a hydrocarbon obtained from
coal-tar, and also produced synthetically from phenyl-
butylene by the action of heat. Its formula is C10H,.
Physical Properties.-This medicament occurs as a
grayish-white powder made up of large brilliant scales
with a coal-tar-like odor and an aromatic bitter taste.
Its sp. gr. is 1.158; it melts at I760 F. (800 C.) and boils
at 428 F. (220 C.).
Solubility.-Naphthalin is soluble in alcohol, ether,
the fixed and volatile oils, and acetic acid; it is insol-
uble in water.
Therapeutic Applications.-This drug has been rec-
ommended as a vermifuge against the oxyuris vermic-
ularis, as an expectorant in chronic catarrh of the lungs,
as an antiseptic in chronic diarrhea and typhoid fever,
and as an antispasmodic in whooping-cough. Externally,
nap/ithalene is of service particularly in diseases of the
skin, such as eczema, psoriasis, lepra, etc., and as a dis-
infectant in the treatment of wounds.
Administration.-Internally, the dose of naphthalin is
from 2 to 15 grains (0.12 to I gramme); it is best given
in pill form, in mucilage, in cachets, or in capsules. For
external application solutions or ointments of the strength
of from to to 12 and 5 to To per cent. respectively may be
used, or the drug may be employed as a dusting-powder,
disguising its odor with a few drops of the oil of bergamot.
Inhalations may also be employed.
NAPHTHOL.
Iso- or beta-naphthol, another name of this drug, is a
compound obtained from naphthalene by a process of
substitution through the prolonged action of sulphuric
acid. A hydrogen atom is replaced by a 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/m1/137/: 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.