436  The  New  Remedies  of  ipi 7.  {Amjiner'i9ih8rm' 
Iosorbol  is  a  powder  containing  10  per  cent,  of  pure  iodine  in 
a  basis  of  Assorbol,  an  absorbent  vegetable  powder. 
Kephalin  is  the  haemostatic  phosphatide  obtained  from  spinal 
cord  and  brain  tissue.  A  suspension  containing  0.1  to  0.2  per  cent, 
in  normal  saline  solution  is  applied  to  bleeding  or  oozing  surfaces. 
Kinectine  is  a  compound  of  quinine  with  hectine — quinine  benzo- 
sulpho-para-amino-phenylarsonate.  It  is  recommended  in  feverish 
conditions. 
Methyl-phenol  Serum  is  a  serum  impregnated  with  methylene 
blue  and  phenol.  It  is  used  as  an  intravenous  injection  in  gonor- 
rhoea. 
Neoquinine  is  the  name  given  to  a  French  preparation,  said  to  be 
quinine  glycerophosphate. 
Saurol  is  a  sulphur-containing  oil  distilled  from  a  shale  found  in 
Switzerland.    It  is  advanced  as  a  substitute  for  ichthyol. 
Si  online  is  hexamine  tetra-iodide  (CH2)6N4I4.  It  contains  78.5 
per  cent,  of  iodine,  and  is  put  forward  as  a  substitute  for  organic 
iodides,  no  therapeutic  claim  being  made  for  the  hexamine  content. 
The  dose  is  the  same  as  that  of  potassium  iodide.  It  is  an  American 
product. 
Sofos  is  a  mixture  of  sodium  dihydrogen  phosphate  and  sodium 
bicarbonate,  rendered  stable  by  coating  the  particles  of  one  of  the 
constituents  with  disodium  hydrogen  phosphate.  When  treated  with 
water  sofos  forms  nascent  sodium  phosphate,  and  liberates  C02  with 
effervescence.    Dose,  60  to  240  grains. 
Stannoxyl  is  a  preparation  containing  pure  tin  and  tin  oxide,  rec- 
ommended as  a  remedy  for  boils.  The  dose  is  0.5  to  1.0  Gm.  In 
some  parts  of  France  powdered  tin  is  a  popular  remedy  for  boils, 
and  this  preparation  is  said  to  have  a  powerfully  destructive  action 
in  staphylococcus  infections. 
