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prostration, coma and respiratory failure. Eecovery ensued 

 after the use of artificial respiration. Often no lesions are 

 discoverable after death. At other times there is hypersemia 

 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.xv. 



Alcohol 3 ii. ss. 



Glycerin 3 v. 



Aq. ad Oi. 



M. 



An efficient antiseptic mouth wash consists of borax, gr. 

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

 Thymol internally is a powerful anthelmintic and parasiti- 

 cide. It is employed as an intestinal antiseptic ; as a 

 remedy for tape and round worm (uncinariasis in dogs), in 

 goitre, and as a urinary antiseptic in cystitis. It is given in 

 diluted alcoholic solutions ; better in oil or capsules. 



SECTION X.— VEGETABLE BITTEKS. 



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



Synonym. — Gentianse radix, B.P. ; radix gentianse rubrse 

 (vel lutse vel majoris), gentian root, E. ; radix gentianse, 

 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. 



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