Used in coryza. sodii sulphas effervescens

Appleton's Medical Dictionary · 1913 · p. 3
A granular powder containing sulphate and bicarbonate of s. with citric and tartaric acids [Br. Ph.]. s. sulphate. Syn.: Glauber's salts. The s. sulphates include: (i) the normal sulphate (sodii sulphas, U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.), NaaSOi, which occurs in combination with either seven or ten molecules of water of crystallization, in the latter case constituting the official salt, and forming prismatic efflorescent crystals, used as a purgative; and (2) the acid sulphate, Na- HSCu, occurring as large prismatic crystals which are either anhydrous or combine with two molecules of water of crystallization, s. sulphichthyolate. See ichthyol. s. sulphite. A salt of s. and sulphurous acid. The normal s. sulphite, NaaSOa, combines with various proportions of water of crystallization. The salt official in the U. S. Ph. and Br. Ph. as sodii sulph is is used as an antiseptic, s. sulph oca rho late. A salt, NaCetLSOi + 2H2O, in white or colorle prisms; antiseptic and anti fermentative. s. tartrate. A salt of s. and tartaric acid, s. taurocholate. A substance, C24H39- OsNa, occurring in oxgall; used like oxgall. s. tetra borate. 1. A compound obtained by heating a mixture of equal parts of borax, boric acid, and water. Recommended as a substitute for boric acid as an antiseptic, from its being much more soluble. 2. A synonym for borax, s. thiosulphate. The compound, Na2S2C>3-f-5H20, commonly called hyposulphite of s. or simply "hypo." It has a cooling, but somewhat bitter and somewhat sulphur like taste, but no odor. Used as an antiseptic and in photography [U. S. Ph.]. trochi sci sodii bicarb on at is. Lozenges containing 3 grs. of s. bicarbonate. They are used in place of Vichy pastel les [U. S. Ph.]. trochi sci sodii santonin at is. Troches containing each one grain of s. santonin ate [U. S. Ph., 1880].
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