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without the muriatic, and in numerous cases ah entire 
success. It is said to lessen the action of mercury on the 
mouth and fauces, . and hence, in broken-down constitu- 
tions, to be a useful tonic conjunctive with that medicine. _ 
Nitric acid itself, however, often salivates ; and as the 
mouth and fauces give the first evidence of this effect, E 
can in no way perceive how it can lessen the determina- 
tion of mercury to the same sites. Carmichael recom- 
mends its union with digitalis, in cachectic constitution 
__ afflicted with venereal. It is useful, conjoined with mer- 
cury, in obstinate ulcers of the legs, as | know from expe- : 
rience, accompanied by or existing without venereal taint. - 
No. 20 has been nefariously used as a poison. It may be 
known vac orange-coloured Mer} onthe hs oe wes and hands 
= 
eo 
ee ‘ 
<: = - testines, Besides ate rie te ty of the latter 
converted into a fatty matter, and the former often i 
* ; rated, 
Sages Dose of No. 20 is from mx to hate in F3iij of water, 
y 3 three or four times a day. 
2 Formula— Acidi Nitrici dilut. FSij 2 * 
- ™ Aq. com. Oj. a 
nas Mixed as a ition for fetid ulcers yielding an »ichorous. 
discharge, and also in caries of bones. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll, ‘No. 20. 
‘The process of this preparation is dineoted” ‘tticeeut 
_ the Edinburgh and the Dublin College : the discrepa 
ae epoca the article, asa medicine, _ Obtained fron 
" Quien 
white, translucent, s' 
odour and taste ; retkieh a vgs 
flammable ; soluble j in twenty-four parts o 
F. and two parts of 212°, the greater part crystallizing ag 
the water cools; soluble in aleohol, and nue be 
nitric acid, without decomposition ; combines with alka- 
lies, earths, and metallic oxides, forming succinates. 
Is adulterated by—1, tartaric acid, which is detected by 
_ ¢arbonate of potass; 2, by muriate of at 
_ by nitrate napa oe Sy ‘by ee of p 
“Meprea esata: AND Usts. “Was ae much 
externally, to stimulate ed wounds, and a: 
erful stimulant, internally, in tetas; still | 
_ Continent of Europe. pees 
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