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and cattle; in erysipelas to edges of affected part; in 

 conjunctivitis, inflamed and suppurating eyelids 

 (gr. ss. to fl. 3 i. of distilled water) ; to remove specks 

 and opacity of cornea if of recent origin and due to 

 injury. (Must be carefully used on the eye, else it 

 /eave opacities due to deposits of the metal.) Its 

 TiquGOus solution as a spray in treatment of laryngeal 

 ulcers, follicular tonsillitis, and pharyngitis- 



Cuprum — C opper. 



Chief Preparations. — Cupri Acetas, acetate 

 of copper, verdigris, serugo — Cu(C2H302)2-H2^; 

 199.2. Deep green, prismatic crystals, yielding a 

 bright green powder, efflorescent on exposure to air, 

 odorless, having a nauseating, metallic taste and 

 acid reaction. Soluble in 15 parts of water and in 

 135 parts of alcohol. Dose : H., 3 i.-ij. ; D., gr. i-2. 



Cupri Sulphas, sulphate of copper, blue vitriol— 

 CuS0,.5H,0; 249.2. Large, translucent, deep-blue, 

 triclinic crystals, efflorescent, odorless, having a nau- 

 seating metallic taste and acid reaction. Soluble in 

 2.6 parts of water and insoluble in alcohol. Dose 

 same as of the acetate. 



Treatment of Copper Poisoning.— The best anti- 

 dote to the salts of copper are the ferrocyanide of po- 

 tassium and albumen. Emetics and stomach-pump 

 if practicable ; then follow with a course of potassium 

 iodide to assist in its elimination. 



Physiological Action.— Given internally, large 

 doses produce fatal gastro-enteritis and diarrhoea; 



