Used externally as ointment or alcoholic solution 

 in treatment of skin diseases. The ointment is 

 made by dissolving the naphthole in the melted 

 base, one in twenty or one in ten, the stronger being 

 especially beneficial in itch. The solution (one in 

 forty) is used as a antiseptic wash for the skin. 



PHENACETINE. White crystalline powder, nearly 

 insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, perfectly taste- 

 less antipyretic from three to twenty grains may 

 be given. In neuralgia it is also useful, and is given 

 in the same doses. Best given in powder form or 

 in capsules. 



PYOKTANIN. blue. [Powder. Sol. in 30 boiling, 

 50 hot, 75 cold^N .\ 12 of 90 per cent. A. (forming a 

 salut. which may be diluted ad libitum with W. without 

 causing precipation), 50 GL, C, ; insol. in E. Callo- 

 dion, Benzin. Non-poisonous, very defusible in the an- 

 imal fluids, practically odorless. External ANTISEPTIC 

 DISINFECTANT, ANALGETIC, etc., (for Surgery, Oph- 

 thalmiatria, Otiatria; in Diseases of the Nose and 

 Throat, Malignant Neoplasms, etc.; also for Veter- 

 inary Practice.) APPLIC.: pure poivder, pincil solut. 

 (i-io : 1000), etc. N. B. PYOKTANIN STAINS are re- 

 moved by lathering with common soap (rubbing in 

 well), and then washing (or, if need be, brushing) off 

 with Alcohol. PYOKTANIN PENCILS, when broken, 

 are mended by wetting the surface with Water, and 

 pressing them together. PYOKTANIN SOLUTIONS 

 should be kept in dark bottles, and should not be used 

 when more than j days old. ] 



PARALDEHYDE. A colorless, limpid fluid, hyp- 

 notic. Dose thirty to sixty minims. 



PICROTOXINE. Given in epilepsy in doses of one- 

 eighth to one-sixth grain in aqueous solution. 



PYRIDINE. Colorless fluid, soluble in water and 

 alcohol. Used for inhalation in asthma. A fluid 



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