guaiacol

(gwi'S-koI). (U.S.) Methyl-ort hod i oxy benzene, methyl-pjnrocatechin, catechol-mono methyl ether, C,H,Oj, obtained from creosote or prepared synthetically from pyrocatechin; a colorle liquid or crystallized; employed as an expectorant and intestinal disinfectant in doses of 1512—7^ (0.13—0.5), and locally to the skin as an anesthetic and antipyretic, g. ben'zoate, benzosol, benzoyl-guaiacol a colorle , tastele powder, insoluble in water, recommended in the diarrhea of phthisis in doses of gr. 4-8 (o. 25—0 5). g. bisul'phonate of quinine', guaiaquin, quinine. guaiacol-bisulphonate. g. cac'odylate, occurs in light reddish ' crystals, recopimended for hypodermic use, in oily mixture, in phthisis, g. cam'- phorate, guacamphol. g. car'bonate, guaiacol is carbon as. g. carbon'ic ac'id, methoxy salicylic acid, a white crystalline powder of bitter taste, nearly insoluble in water; recommended as an antipyretic and antirheumatic similar to salicylic acid. g. cin'namate, cinnamyl-guaiacol styracol, occurs in colorle acicular crystals insoluble in water; employed in tuberculosis and in chronic catarrhs of the digestive and urinary mucous membranes, g. eth'yl, guthol, gusethol, pyrocatechin-mono ethyl ester, a colorle liquid of aromatic odor, employed in tuberculosis in doses of gr. 4-8 (0.25-0.5). g. glyc'eryl-es'ter, guaiamar. g. methylglycocho'late, monotal, a colorle liquid of faintly aromatic odor; has been recommended as an analgesic in phlebitis and the chest pains of phthisis, 3i-i (2.0-4.0) being painted over the painful area. g. phos'phate, phosphoric guaiacyl ether, a white crystalline powder insoluble in water; employed as an intestinal antiseptic and in hectic fever in doses of gr. 2-4 (o 13-0.25). g. phos'phite, phos pho guaiacol, guaiacyl-ether phosphite, guaiacophosphal, » white crystalline powder, soluble in water, employed in tuberculosis in doses of gr. 5-10 (0.3-0.6). g. sal'icylate, guai'acol-sal'ol, a white crystalline powder, insoluble in water, employed like salol as an intestinal antiseptic and antirheumatic in doses of gr. 10-15 (0.6-1.0). g. suc'cinate, occurs in the form of fine white needles, insoluble in water, employed in phthisis in doses of gr. 2-3 (0.13- 0.2). g. val'erate, g. vale'rianate, geosote, a faintly yellowish liquid, slightly soluble in water, employed in pulmonary tuberculosis in doses of gr. 3-8 (0.2-0.5).