A heavy white powder, in minute crystalline scales; insoluble in water. THERAPEUTICS. DOSE AND PREPARATIONS. Employed as an as- Gr. 5-gr. 20 in Trochisci bismuthi. tringent, tonic, anti-powder, pill, or spasmodic, and anteme- lozenge. Ointtic in chronic affections ment, gr. 20-gr. of the stomach, which de- 60 to 3j. adeps. pend on some disordered condition of its nerves, as gastrodynia, cramp of the stomach, and to allay sickness, vomiting, and pyrosis. Topically applied in Misce fiat lotio. Employed as an alter- mm bis Ammonii bromidum ative in struma, goitre, de die in solu- Potassii bromidum. hypertrophia cordis, and tion; fomentaas an emmenagogue in tions: mxij. to suppressed menses; in f3jv. Ointment; solution as an antiseptic mv. and disinfectant lotion adeps. in hospital gangrene and erysipelas. to 3j. |