anilin

(an’il-in) (Arabic an-nil indigo, nil blue: L. nil indigo}. Phenyl am in; a colorle , oily liquid, C6HsNH;, from coal-tar and from indigo, made commercially by reducing nitrobenzene. It is slightly soluble in water; freely so in ether and alcohol. It is poisonous, producing vertigo. weakne , and cyanosis (a condition called amslism). The drug itself and its sulphate have been used in epilepsy and chorea. Combined with other substances, especially chlorin and the chlorates, it forms the anilin colors or dyes that are derived from coal-tar. Dose of anilin camphorate, 8-12 gr. (0.52-0.8 gm.). a. sulphate, a white, crystalline substance, C,H,»NSO,: used as a nervine in epilepsy, chorea, etc. Dose, }-14 er. (0.05-0.1 gm.).