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(nail). The horny dorsal plate on the dist. phalanx of a finger or toe. The nail is made u: of flattened epithelial scales developed from t stratum lucidum of the skin. m.-bed, the sface covered by a nail. n.-bound, the cond it in which the nail of a horse’s shoe is driven too n«- the sensitive structures: marked by lamen- - Φ is used as a hypnotic like morphin, and is said not to cause constipation. Dose, }$-} gr. (0.008- 0.033 gm.). nm. hydro chlorate, a salt in white needles, C.;HypNOy.HCH: soluble in boiling water, slightly so in cold. It is hypnotic, sedative, anodyne, etc. Dose, $-3 gr. (0.01-0.2 gm.). Ὦ. meconate, a salt in pale-yellow crystals. Hypodermic dose, th-3 gr. (0.0060-0.04 gm.).