396 AKSENIC, ANTIMONY AND PHOSPHORUS 



4. Buminatorium. Especially for impactions and paralysis of 

 the rumen of cattle. 



5. Trypanosome diseases. Dixon states that it possesses a re- 

 markably toxic action upon trypanosomes when administered sub- 

 cutaneously. 



6. Externally it is too violent for use. 



Expectorant — Horse. 

 5 Ammonii Chloridi. 



Antimonii et Potassii Tartratis aa 3 xvj 



M. Ft. Charts No. 16. 



Sig. One morning and night on feed or in water. 



or 



IJ Ammonii Chloridi. 



Antimonii et Potassii Tartratis aa. 5 ij 



Liquoris Ammonii Acetatis 3 viij 



SjTupi q. s ad. 3 xvj 



M. Ft. Sol. 



Sig. One ounce doses two or three times daily for horse or cow. 



Acute Bronchitis in Dog. 



5 Ammonii Chloridi 3 ij 



Antimonii et Potassii Tartratis gr. ij 



Syrupi Tolutani q. s ad. S iv 



M. Ft. Syrupus. 



Sig. Teaspoonful'every two or three hours. 



or 



5 Ammonii Chloridi gr. j 



Antimonii et Potassii Tartratis gr. %o 



Sanguinarise Nitratis gr. Moo 



Extract! Glycyrrhizse gr. jss 



M. et. Ft. Pilula. 



Sig. One pill every two hours. 



PHOSPHORUS 



Phosphorus exists in tv70 forms, the red and the yellow. The 

 red is not volatile, is insoluble in water and fats, is not absorbed and 

 consequently is nontoxic. The yellow is the ordinary variety used. 

 It is soluble in oils, very volatile, and easily absorbed if in a fine 

 state of division or in solution in fats. 



PHOSPHORUS — U. S. P. 



Properties. Translucent, almost colorless solid, of a waxy lus- 

 ter, and at ordinary temperatures is about the consistency of bees- 

 wax. It has a disagreeable odor and taste and when exposed to the 

 air gives off white fumes which are luminous in the dark, and of 

 a garlicky odor. One gram dissolves in about 400 mils of dehy- 

 drated alcohol, about 17 mils of chloroform, 102 mils of absolute 



