INORGANIC SALTS AND THEIR PREPARATIONS 21 



GROUP V. MANGANESE AND IRON 



THE OFFICIAL U.S.P. AND N.F. MANGANESE SALTS 



*Mangani Citras Solubilis. Soluble Manganese Citrate, Manganese and Sodium 

 Citrate. Yellowish or pinkish- white powder, or as translucent scales; 

 odorless and having a slightly bitter and astringent taste. It is per- 

 manent in air, soluble in 4 parts of water, nearly insoluble in alcohol. 



Action: Tonic. 



Dose: 0.2 Gm. (3 gr.). 



MANGANI DIOXIDUM PR^ECIPITATUM. Precipitated Manganese Dioxide, 

 MnO 2 . Heavy, black, fine, odorless, tasteless powder insoluble in water 

 or alcohol. 



Action: Alterative, emmenagogue. 



Dose: 0.25 Gm. (4 gr.) (pill form). 



*Mangani Glycerophosphas Solubilis. Soluble Manganese Glycerophosphate, 

 Manganous Glycerinophosphate. (MnCsHrOcP and citric acid.) Yel- 

 lowish or pinkish-white powder, odorless, and having an acid taste, soluble 

 in 4 parts of water. Alcohol dissolves out the citric acid, leaving an 

 insoluble residue. 



Action: Nutritive, tonic. 



Dose: 0.2 Gm. (3 gr.). 



*Mangani Hypophosphis. Manganese Hypophosphite, Mn(PH2C>2)2 + HjO 

 (U.S.P. VIII). Pink, granular, or crystalline powder; odorless and nearly 

 tasteless; permanent in air, soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol. 



Action: Nerve tonic. 



Dose: 0.2 Gm. (3 gr.). 



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

 *Mangani Sulphas. Manganese Sulphate, MnSo 4 + 4H 2 O (U.S.P. VIII). 

 Translucent, pale rose-colored prisms, soluble in water, insoluble in 

 alcohol. 



Action: Alterative, cholagogue. 



Dose: 0.2 Gm. (3 gr.) (pill form). 



THE OFFICIAL U.S.P. AND N.F. AND UNOFFICIAL IRON SALTS 



FERRI CARBONAS SACCHARATUS. Saccharated Ferrous Carbonate. Green- 

 ish-brown powder, gradually becoming oxidized by contact with the air; 

 odorless, and having at first a sweetish, afterward slightly ferruginous 

 taste. It is only partially soluble in water, but dissolves readily in hy- 

 drochloric acid. 



Action: Chalybeate, tonic. 



Dose: 0.25 Gm. (4 gr.). 



FERRI CHLORIDUM. Ferric Chloride, Iron Perchloride, FeCl 3 . Orange 

 yellow, crystalline pieces, odorless or having a faint odor of hydrochloric 

 acid and having a strongly styptic taste, deliquescent, soluble in water, 

 alcohol, glycerin, or ether. (In Liq. Ferri Chloridi, U.S.P.) 



Action: Externally styptic, internally tonic (rarely). 



Dose: 0.065 Gm. (i gr.). 



Ferri Citras. Ferric Citrate. Thin, transparent, garnet red scales, without odor 

 and having a slight ferruginous taste, slowly soluble in water, insoluble 

 in alcohol. 



Action: Chalybeate, tonic. 



Dose: 0.2 Gm. (3 gr.). 



FERRI ET AMMONII CITRAS. Iron and Ammonium Citrate, Soluble Ferric 

 Citrate, Ammonia Ferric Citrate. Thin, transparent, garnet-red scales, 

 odorless and having a saline, mildly ferrunginous taste, deliquescent, 

 readily soluble in water, insoluble in alcohol. 



Action: Chalybeate, tonic. 



Dose: 0.25 Gm. (4 gr.). 



Ferri ei Ammonii Sulphas. Ferric Ammonium Sulphate, Iron Ammonium Alum, 

 FeNH 4 (SO 4 )2 + i2H 2 O, U.S.P. VIII. Pale violet, octahedral crystals, 

 without odor and having an acrid, styptic taste, efflorescent, soluble in 

 2.7 parts of water, insoluble in alcohol. 



Action: Astringent, styptic. 



Dose: 0.5 Gm. (7^2 gr.). 



