Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition Page: 187
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SOLANIN.-.-SOL UTOL.
SOLANIN.
A glucosidal principle extracted from several plants
belonging to the Solanaccce, principally from Solanium
nigrum, S. vervascifoli m, and others. This drug has a
chemical composition of C43H71NO16.
Physical Properties.-Solanzin is a powder made up
of acicular crystals having a melting-point of 455' F.
(235 C.).
Solubility.-This glucoside is soluble in hot alcohol,
somewhat soluble in ether, and with great difficulty in
water.
Therapeutic Applications.-Solanin, which possesses
analgesic properties, has been employed as a substitute
for morphine in the treatment of neuralgia. It has also
produced satisfactory results in asthma, bronchitis, and
the vomiting of pregnancy.
Administration.-This remedy is best administered
in powder or in pill form, in doses of from 1 to I grain
(o.oi to o.o6 gramme). For hypodermatic injections the
hydrochloride has been used in similar amounts.
SOLUTOL.
This name is given to a combination of cresylic acid
(cresol) and sodium cresylate. It contains in every 3s
fluidounces (ioo grammes) 2 ounces (60.4 grammes) of
cresylic acid, of which one-fourth is in the free state and
the other three-fourths combined as sodium cresylate.
Therapeutic Applications.-Solutol is mainly used as
an antiputrefactive and disinfectant. It has been found
of service in the disinfection of sputa, bed-clothing, ex-
crements, water-closets, etc.
(4 grammes), and is best administered in capsules. There occurs upon the
market also, under the name of antirkeumatin, a combination of sodium
salicylate and methlene blue. The compound appears in the form of dark-
blue prisms having a somewhat acrid, faintly bitter taste resembling that
of salicylic acid. It is soluble in water and in alcohol. Antirheumatin
has been employed with alleged good results against rheumatism, in doses
of from I to I2 grains (0.06 to o.Io gramme), and is best given in pill
form. The drug produces a blue or greenish discoloration of the urine.I87
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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/m1/186/: 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.