Ethiops, Min′eral

Syn. Ethiops mineral ; Æthiops mineral is , Hydrargyri sulphuretum cum sulphure , L. Black sulphuret of mercury, with exce of sulphur. (Tyson’s.) Oxide of mercury (prepared by decomposing calomel with an equivalent proportion of liquor of pota a to which a little liquor of ammonia has been added) and flowers of sulphur, equal parts, triturated together. This is recommended as an efficient substitute for the old and uncertain preparation commonly sold under the name of Ethiops mineral . It is, however, of more than double the usual strength, and should therefore be taken in proportionate doses. See Mercury (Sulphide).