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164 NOTES ON THE NEWER REMEDIES.
Therapeutic Applications.-Polygonum is considered
an excellent emmenagogue, and as such it has been em-
ployed with the most satisfactory results.
Administration.-The preparation of polygonum used
at present is the fluid extract, the dose of which is from
15 to 30 minims (o.95 to 1.9o grammes).
POTASSIUM TELLURATE.
This new salt of potassium is represented by the for-
mula K2TeO4.
Physical Properties.-This drug appears as a white
crystalline powder.
Solubility.-This salt is soluble in water.
Therapeutic Applications.- Tellurale of potassium
has been found quite effective as an antihydrotic in pul-
monary consumption, but, although the night-sweats are
reduced and even arrested, the disease itself is not modi-
fied under the action of the drug.
Administration.-This remedy is best given at night,
in pill form or in alcoholic julep, in doses of from I to 4
of a grain (0.03 to 0.05 gramme).'
PYOKTANIN.
Two aniline dyes are known under the above term-
the true methyl-violet or yellow pyoktanin and the so-
called blue pyoktanin. They are derivatives of a di-
phenylamin compound. The methyl-violet is the one
more largely used in practical medicine.
Physical Properties.-Pyoktanin occurs in the form
of an odorless powder.
Solubility.-This drug is largely soluble in alcohol;
it is soluble also in 75 parts of cold and in 50o parts of
hot water.
1 Other salts of potassium have recently been introduced. Of these salts
there are: the white crystalline auro-cyanide (KAuCy4) and the mercuric
cyanide (K2HgCy4), used as disinfectants; the cobalto-nitrite (K6CO2-
(N02)12,2Aq.), composed of yellow crystals, recommended in cases in
which the nitrites are indicated, such as cardiac dropsy, dyspepsia, etc.;
and the osmate, employed for the same purposes as osmic acid (q. v.) itself.
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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/m1/163/: 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.