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prostration, coma and respiratory failure. Recovery ensued 

 after the use of artificial respiration. Often no lesions are 

 discoverable after death. At other times there is hyperaemia 

 of the lungs and kidneys caused by elimination of the drug. 

 The urine is colored greenish or yellowish-brown by trans- 

 mitted light. 



Thymol is used externally for general antiseptic pur- 

 poses, for application to ulcers, and as an injection in cystitis 

 in aqueous saturated solution. It is employed in ointment 

 with vaseline (1-15) to destroy ringworm and to relieve 

 itching in pruritus, eczema, lichen, psoriasis, etc. It may be 

 applied as follows for the same purposes : 



Thymol gr.^rv. 



Alcohol 3 ii. 88. 



Glycerin 3 v. 



Aq. ad Oi. 



M. 



An efficient antiseptic mouth wash consists of borax, gr. 

 40 ; thymol, gr. 20 ; water, 3 iv. It is indicated in stomatitis. 

 Thymol is of little worth for intern d use. It is recommended 

 as an intestinal antiseptic ; as a remedy for tape worm, and 

 as a urinary antiseptic in cystitis. It is given in diluted 

 alcoholic solutions ; better in oil or capsules. 



SECTION X.— VEGETABLE BITTERS. 



Gentiana. Gentian. (U. S. P.) 



Synonym. — Gentianae radix, B.P. ; radix gentianae rubrae 

 (vel lutae vel majoris), gentian root, E. ; radix gentianae, 

 P.G.; racine de gentiane (de gentiane jaune), Fr.; enzianwur- 

 zel, bitterwurzel, rother (gelber) enzian, G. 



The root of Gentiana lutea Linne (nat. ord. Gentianeae). 



Habitat. — The yellow gentian is indigenous in the Alps 

 and mountains of southern and central Europe. 



