Chloral

(klo'-ral), A pungent, colorle , mobile liquid. The name is often misapplied to chloral hydrate. C. Butylicum, Hydrate (B.P.), croton-chloral, a solid occurring in crystalline scales, resembling chloral hydrate, but made with butyl, as a base, instead of ethyl, Its properties are parallel to those of chloral, but are much feebler. Dose gr. v-xx in syrup. Syrupus Butyl-Chloral, 16 grains to thi ounce. Dose gj-iv. Unof. C. Hydrate, a col' crystalline solid having the composition the hydrate of chloral. It is a powerful hypnotic, antispasmodic, and depre ant to the cerebral, medullar'! and spinal centers, and, to a limited extent, is an anesthetic. It is serviceable in fevers accompanied by cerebral excitement, in chorea, convulsions, and all affections requiring a cerebral depre ant, and u •xcellent in delirium tremens, but should be used with great caution. Dose gr. v-xx; smaller if combined with pota ium or sodium bromid. C, Syrupus (B.P.). Dose C.-urethane. See Uralium. Chlora, name inaptly applied to chloral mamidate. In doses of 30 to 45 grains it is a hypnotic.