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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 

 ieave opacities due to deposits of the metal.) Its 

 tiquGOus solution as a spray in treatment of laryngeal 

 ulcers, follicular tonsillitis, and pharyngitia 



Cuprum — Copper. 



Chief Preparations. — Cupri Acetas, acetate 

 of copper, verdigris, aerugo- — Cu(C5H30j),.HjO; 

 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. \-2. 



Cupri Sulphas, sulphate of copper, blue vitriol — ■ 

 CUSOJ.5H2O; 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; 



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