BISMUTH

is a valuable remedy in certain cases of dyspepsia. In tho form of the carbonate or sub nitrate, it is & heavy, white, insolublo powder, largely used in tho troat ment of “ih pe specially when due to gastritis or gastric ulcer. oxide and the sub nitrate are also os op hele dusting powders in the treatment of eczoma conditions of the skin. The sub nitrate of bismuth may be snuffed up the nose to relieve a cold in the head. __ [s. 336]