Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition Page: 170
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170 NOTES ON THE NEWER REMEDIES.
ployed especially as a nervine and an antispasmodic in
those affections in which such drugs are indicated. It is
used by the laity against dysentery, as a substitute for
ipecacuanha. This plant is said to possess emetic prop-
erties.
Administration.-An ethereal tincture has been used,
in doses of from 15 to 60 minims (o.8o to 3.20 grammes)
well diluted in water.
RESORBIN.
This new body is an ointment base prepared from
pure almond oil and wax by emulsion with water and
some adhesive solution. It is miscible with animal,
mineral, and vegetable fats.
Therapeutic Applications.-Resorbin is said to be
easily absorbed by the skin, and to be of service, locally
applied, in cutaneous disorders. It is, however, chiefly
employed as an ointment base for a variety of medica-
ments. Mercury, for example, can readily be incorpo-
rated with resorbin. The following mixtures with this
new substance are recommended for medicinal use: 2 to
Io per cent. of salicylic acid; 4 per cent. of boric acid;
to per cent. each of sulphur, subnitrate of bismuth, naph-
thol, and pyrogallic acid; 5 per cent. each of white pre-
cipitate, resorcin, and europhen; 30 per cent. of the oxide
of zinc; 5 to Io per cent. each of aluminium-acetate so-
lution and oil of birch; and I per cent. of nitrate of
silver with Io per cent. of balsam of Peru.
RESORCIN.
This drug, also commonly called resorcinol, is a dihy-
dric phenol, or metadioxybenzene, with a formula of
CH,(OH)2.
Physical Properties.-This drug is a white flocculent
powder made up of colorless or slightly yellowish tabular
crystals having a faintly urinous odor and a sweetish,
pungent taste. When pure, it has a melting-point of
2300 F. ( i8 C.) and boils at 528.8 F. (2760 C.).
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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/m1/169/: 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.