copper

(kop’er) (L. cu’prum; Gr. Kéxpos]. A reddish, malleable metal, symbol Cu, with poisonous salts. c. acetate, a green copper salt: used internally and externally as an astringent in conjunctivitis, gonorrhea, and skin diseases, and internally in phthisis and anemia. Dose, fo-} gr. (0.006-0.016 gm.). alumina ted c., a mixture of 16 parts each of copper sulphate, pota ium nitrate, and alum, with 1 part of camphor: used as an astringent in conjunctivitis. ammoniated c., a compound, Cu(NH,),SO, + H.O: used like copper sulphate, and internally i in chorea, epilepsy, and neuralgia. Dose, 4-2 gr. (0.03-0.13 xm.). 6δ. ammoniosulphate, a salt of copper: used outwardly as an astringent, and inwardly as an antispasmodic. Dose, 4-1 gr. (0.011-0.060 gm.). 6. arsenite, a highly Poisonous green pigment, CuHAsO,: used in diarrhea, dysentery, cholera morbus, etc., in frequent minute doses. Dose, ygho-rho et. ¢. sulphate, a crystalline salt of copper, popularly called blue-stone and blue vitriol: it is used mainly as an external styptic and astringent. Dose, as astringent, 4 gr. (0.016 gm.); as an emetic, 5 gr. (0.33 gm.).