INORGANIC SALTS AND THEIR PREPARATIONS 15 



AMMONII SALICYLAS. Ammonium Salicylate, C 6 H4(OH)COONH 4 . Color- 

 less, lustrous, monoclinic, prisms or plates or white crystalline powder; 

 odorless, having at first a slightly saline bitter taste, after-taste sweetish, 

 soluble in water, 3 parts alcohol. 



Action: Antirheumatic. 



Dose: 0.5 Gm. (8 gr.). 



AMMONII VALERAS. Ammonium Valerate. A compound of ammonium and 

 valeric acid having somewhat varying composition. It occurs in color- 

 less, or white quadrangular plates, odor of valeric acid, deliquescent, 

 having a sharp sweetish taste, very soluble in water or alcohol, soluble 

 in ether. 



Action: Antispasmodic. 



Dose: 0.5 Gm. (8 gr.). 



Preparations: Elixir Ammonii Valeratis, N.F. 



GROUP II ALKALINE EARTHS AND ALLIES CALCIUM, 

 BARIUM, STRONTIUM AND MAGNESIUM 



THE U.S.P. AND N.F. AND UNOFFICIAL CALCIUM SALTS 



CALCII BROMIDUM. Calcium Bromide, CaBr 2 . White granular salt; odorless 

 of a sharp, saline taste and very deliquescent. Soluble in water and in 

 alcohol, insoluble in chloroform or ether. 



Action: Hypnotic. 



Dose: I Gm. (15 gr.). 



Preparations: Elixir Calcii Bromidi, N.F. 



CALCII CARBONAS PR^CIPATUS. Precipitated Calcium Carbonate, Precipi- 

 tated Chalk, CaCOa. Fine, white, micro-crystalline powder, without 

 odor or taste, and permanent in air, nearly insoluble in water. 



Action: In diarrheal conditions. 



Dose: I Gm. (15 gr.). 



Preparations: Unguentum Sulphuris Compositum, N.F. 



CALCH CHLORIDUM. Calcium Chloride, CaCl 2 . White, slightly translucent, 

 hard fragments, granules, or sticks; odorless, having a sharp saline taste. 

 Is very deliquescent, soluble in water, in 10 parts alcohol, boiling increases 

 solubility in either. 



Uses: In internal bleeding. (Drying agent.) 



Dose: 0.5 Gm. (8 gr.). 



CALCH GLYCEROPHOSPHAS. Calcium Glycerophosphate, C 8 Hs(OH) 2 PO 4 Ca. 

 Fine, white powder, odorless and almost tasteless, somewhat hygroscopic, 

 soluble in 50 parts water, souble in less water at a lower temperature, 

 citric acid increases its solubility; insoluble in alcohol. 



Action: Nutritive, Tonic. 



Dose: 0.25 Gm. (4 gr.). 



CALCII HYPOPHOSPHIS. Calcium Hypophosphite, Ca(PH 2 O 2 ) 2 . Colorless, 

 transparent, monoclinic prisms, as small lustrous scales, or as a white 

 crystalline powder; odorless, having a nauseous bitter taste permanent 

 in air. Soluble in 6.5 parts water, insoluble in alcohol. 



Action: Nutritive tonic in phthisis. 



Dose: 0.5 Gm. (8 gr.). 



Preparations: Syrupus Hypophosphitum, U.S.P. 



Syrupus Hypophosphitum Compositus, U.S.P. VIII. 

 Emulsum Olei Morrhuae cum Hypophosphitibus, U.S.P. VIII 

 Elixir Calcii Hypophosphitis, N.F. 

 Liquor Hypophosphitum, N.F. 

 Liquor Hypophosphitum Compositus, N.F. 

 Syrupus Calcii Hypophosphitis, N.F. 

 Syrupus Calcii et Sodii Hypophosphitum, N.F. 



CALCII LACTAS. Calcium Lactate (Ca (C 3 H 6 Os) + 5H 2 O). White, granular, 

 masses or powder; odorless and nearly tasteless, efflorescent, soluble in 

 20 parts water, insoluble in alcohol. 



Dose: 0.5 Gm. (8 gr.). 



