magnesium

(mag-ne’ze-um), gen. magne’sii [1,1. A white, metallic element; symbol, Mg; atomic weight, 24.4; specific gravity, 1.75. m. benzoate, a white, crystalline powder, (C,H »COO;),- Mg: used in rout and urinary calculus. Dose, 24-15 gr. we -1 m. borate. See anii- Sungin. recit rate the borocitrate of maenesium, Dose, 2-4 dr. (8-16 gm.). mM. carbo’nas efferves’cens, an effervescent preparation of magnesium carbonate. Dose, 4-1 oz. (7.8-30 gm.). m. carbonate, a mildly aperient antacid, (MgCO,),.Mg(OH), + 5H,0. Dose, 15-60 gr. (1-4 gm). It is prepared in two forms, m. c. 551 Lo