Strophanthi Semina. Strophanthus Seeds. The dried ripe 

 seeds of Strophanthus Kombe. Oval acuminate, flattened seeds about 3/5 

 inch long, covered with silky hairs, greenish-fawn in colour: odour charac- 

 teristic, taste very bitter. The active principle is the glucoside strophan- 

 thin. 



2 Extractum Strophanthi. Dose, l /^-\ gr.; 15-60 mgms. 

 An alcoholic percolate evaporated and to which milk-sugar has been added. 



x Tinctura Strophanthi. Dose, 5-15 min.; 0.3-1 c.c. 

 2.5; Alcohol 70% 100: by percolation. 



Strychnina (see Nux Vomica p. 75). 



Styrax Prceparatus. Prepared Storax. A balsam obtained from 

 the trunk of Liquidambar orientalis purified. A semi-transparent, 

 brownish-yellow, semi-liquid balsam, with a strong agreeable odour and 

 balsamic taste. 



Sued. (With dose, 5-15 min. Belladonnae; dose, 30-60 min. 

 Hyoscyami; 1-2 fl. dr. Conii, Scoparii, Taraxaci; (1-2 fl. oz.), Limonis.) 



SULPHONAL. SULPHONAL. Dose, 10-30 grs.; J^-2 gms. 

 Dimethyl-methane-diethylsulphone, (CH 3 ) 2 C(SO2C2H5)2. Colourless, in- 

 odorous, nearly tasteless crystals. Soluble, 1 in 450 of cold, 1 in 15 of 

 boiling water, 1 in 50 of alcohol. 



Sulphur. Sulphur. 



Incompatibles, triturated with strong oxidising agents, such as potassium 

 permanganate or chlorate, an explosion is apt to occur. 



Sulphur Prsecipitatum. Precipitated Sulphur. (Milk of Sul- 

 phur.) Dose, 20-60 grs.; 1.2-4 gms. 



A greyish-yellow soft powder, free from grittiness and from the smell of 

 hydrogen sulphide. 



2 Trochiscus Sulphuris. 32.4; Acid Potassium Tartrate, 6.481 

 Sugar, 51.84; Gum Acacia, 6.48; Tincture of Orange, 5.9; Mucilage of 

 Acacia, 5.9; 100 Trochisci, the quantities of the solids in grammes, those oj 

 the liquids in cubic centimetres; 5 gr. in each lozenge. 



Sulphur Sublimatum. Sublimed Sulphur. (Flowers of Sul- 

 phur.) Dose, 20-60 grs.; 1.2-4 gms. 

 A bright greenish yellow slightly gritty powder, without taste or odour. 



3 Confectio Sulphuris. Dose, 60-120 grs.; 4-8 gms. 



40; Acid Potassium Tartrate, 10; Tragacanth, 0.4; Syrup, 20; Tincture of 

 Orange, 5; Glycerin sufficient to produce 100 by weight. 



2 Unguentum Sulphuris. 10; Benzoated Lard, 90. 



3 Sulphuris lodidum. Sulphur Iodide. A greyish-black, solid 

 substance, with the odour of iodine. 



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