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Dose: H., lb. ss.-i.; cattle, lb. ss.-iss. It is usually 

 combined with ginger, capsicum, or other stom- 

 achics. 



Thereapeutics op the Carbonates. — Small 

 doses increase secretion of gastric juice, and are used 

 in indigestion, flatulence, acidity of the stomach, 

 atonic dyspepsia, and rheumatism. A solution of 

 the bicarbonate is applied frequently to burns, as an 

 injection in simple leucorrhcea, and to relieve the 

 irritation of urticaria and other skin eruptions. 



Therapeutics of the Borate. — Ulceratiye con- 

 ditions of the mouth, aphtha. To relieve the irrita- 

 tion of eczema and other skin diseases it is applied 

 locally in aqueous solution. A weak solution is used 

 to dissolve the gummy substance from the eyelids in 

 purulent conjunctivitis; also as an eye lotion. Com- 

 bined with thymol, carbolic acid, and eucalyptol as 

 a spray or gargle in nictated sore throat and catar- 

 rhal conditions of the respiratory mucous membranes. 

 The appended formula of Dr. Carl Seller's solution, 

 which is a similar preparation, can be obtained in 

 the form of compressed tablets : 



IJ Sodium bicarbonate, 



Sodium biborate, . . . . . aa 3 ij. 

 Sodium benzoate, 

 Sodium salicylate, . 

 Eucalyptol, menthol, and thymol, 

 Oil of wintergreen, 



Alcohol 



Glycerine, .... 



aa gr. ij. 

 aa gr. i. 



gtt. ij. 



3iJ. 



? iiss. 



Distilled wate, . . enough to make Oi. 



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