SOLUTION

n. So2l-u2'shu3n. Gr., AvVis. Lat., sohttio. solutum (3d def.). Fr., s. Ger., Losung, Auflusung. 1. The act or proce by which a substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, becomes diffused throughput a liquid and incorporated with it in a state of molecular subdivision. 2. The state or condition of being thus incorporated with a liquid. 3. The resulting product, consisting of the liquid with the substance so incorporated. 4. The act of separating. [B.] Aluminous s. of Falloppius. Fr., eau alumine use de Falloppe. It., acqua alluminosa di Falloppio. A lotion formerly used for venereal sores and foul ulcers; consisting of 7 parts each of alum and corrosive sublimate and 360 parts each of rose water and plantain water. [A, 314.] Arsenical s. [Br. Ph.]. See Liquor POTASS I I arseniiis. Burnett's s. An aqueous solution of zinc chloride, being } stronger than the official liquor zinc i chlorid i. [B, 5.] Cf. Burnett's DISINFECTANT. Burow's s. A mixture of 30 parts of lead acetate di olved in 90 of water and 22J of alum di olved in 270 of water, filtered when the resulting precipitate has settled. [B, 270 (a, 38).] Campani's s. A mixture of a concentrated s of lead acetate with a dilute s. of copper acetate; used in testing for glucose, which reduces the copper salt, while cane sugar has no effect upon the s. [B, 270.] Centinorniii 1 s. A volumetric s. of one hundredth of the strength of a normal s. [B.] Decinormal s. Fr., s. normale decimee. A volumetric s. of one tenth of the strength of a normal s. [B.] L)e Valangin's s. See Liquor ACIDI arseniosi. Dobell's s. A s. containing 45 grains of carbolic acid, 2 drachms of borax, 1 drachm of sodium bicarbonate, 1 oz. of glycerin, and water up to a pint. [" Drugg. Circ. and Chem. Gaz.," July, 1880 (B).] Donovan's s. See Liquor ARSENII et hydrargyri iodid i. Drees's s. See Liquor FEBRI album in at i. Farrant's s. A mixture of equal volumes of thick gum-arabic mucilage, glycerin, and cold saturated s. of arsenious acid; used for microscopic mounting. [B, 270 (a, 38).] Fehling's s. A preparation made by di olving 40 grammes of crystallized cupric sulphate in 200 c. c. of water and 160 grammes of pota ium tartrate with 130 of fused sodium hydrate in 600 c. c. of water, mixing the two, diluting to 1,000 c. c., and boiling for some minutes. [B, 5 (a, 38). Fowler's s. See Liquor POTASS I I arsenitis. Heinecke's arsenical s. See LIQUEUR arsenic ale de Heinecke. Javelle's s. See Javelle WATER. Jenning's saline s. A modification of the normal saline s. made by di olving 50 grains of sodium chloride, 3 grains of pota ium chloride, 2 grains of sodium sulphate. 2J grains of sodium carbonate, and 2 grains of sodium phosphate in a pint of boiling water, cooling to 100 F. (about 38 C.), and adding 2 drachms of absolute alcohol, [a, 34.] Labarraque's s. See Liquor SODJE chlorates. Lugol's s. See Liquor IODI. Magendie's s. A s. of 16 grains of morphine sulphate in an ounce of water, [a, 39.] Mayer's s. See Mayer's REAGENT. Monsel's s. See Liquor FERRI sub sulph at is. Normal saline s. A s. used as an intravenous injection in haemorrhage, etc., and in physiological experimentation, consisting of 75 parts of sodium chloride di olved in 10,000 of water. [B, 12.] Normal s. A volumetric s. containing in each litre an amount of the reagent sufficient to exactly replace or combine with 1 gramme of hydrogen; f. e., containing in each litre a number of grammes of the reagent eq,ual to the molecular weight of the latter divided by the number ot hydrogen atoms which it can replace or combine with. [B.] Pavy's s. An aqueous s. of 4,158 grammes of copper sulphate and 20'4 each of pota ium and sodium tartrate and caustic potash, mixed with 300 c. c. of ammonia water of the sp. gr. of 0'880, and diluted to 1,000 c. c. with water. [B, 270 (a, 38).] Pearson's s. See Liquor sopn arseniatis. Rotter's s. An antiseptic s. made by di olving in a litre of water 2 grammes of carbolic acid, 3 of boric acid, 5 each of zinc chloride and zinc sulphocarbolate, 5 centigrammes of mercury bichloride, 25 of sodium chloride, 60 of salicylic acid, and 10 each of thymol and citric acid. [' N. Y. Med. Jour.," Aug. 10, 1889, p. 167.] Saturated s. See under SATURATED. S. arsenic ale de Fowler (Fr.). See Liquor POTASS I I arsenitis. S. arsenic ale de Pearson (Fr.). See Liquor soon arseniatis and LIQUOR arsenical is Pears on i i.S. catheretique (Fr.), S. cupro-arseniee (Fr.). See MIXTURE catheretique. S. de Coindet (Fr.). A preparation made by di olving 19 parts of pota ium iodide in 300 of water, and adding 5 of iodine. [B, 119 (a, 38).] S. de Guidotti (Fr.). See MERCVRIVS fluctuant. S. de Helm (Fr.). See LIQUEUR arsenic ale de Heim.S. de Marryat (Fr.). A s. of 7 parts each of corrosive sublimate and hydrochloric acid in 300 of compound spirit of lavender. [B, 119 (a, 38).] S. de Saviard (Fr.). A s. of 7 parts of caustic potash, 2i of camphor, and 60 of sugar in 720 of water. [B, 119 (a, 38).] -S. ioduree caustique (Fr.). A s. of 2 parts each of pota ium iodide and iodine in 4 of water. [B, 119 (a, 38).] S. lithontriptique (Fr.). A s. of 4 parts of pota ium carbonate in 25 of water. [B, 119 (a, 38).] S. normale decimee (Fr.). See Decinormal s. S. of Belloste. See Liquor HYDRARGYRI nitrdtis.S. of contiguity. The removal from each other of two parts normally in contact. [B.] S. of continuity. Ger., Continuitdt torung. Disruption or separation in a structure that is normally continuous, [a, 48.] Standardized s. A s. made of standard strength. [B, 11.] Standard s's. See Volumetric s's. Test s. A s. used for detecting the presence or amount of certain constituents in a substance undergoing analysis, [o, 38.] Thompson's s. See Thompson's x. of PHOSPHORUS. Vlemingkx's s. See SOLUTIO Vlemingkx. Volumetric s's. Lat., liquores volumetric i. S's containing known quantities of certain chemical constituents, and of such properties that given amounts of them are capable of producing definite chemical changes in certain substances. [B, 270 (a. 38).]" SOLUTOL,, n. So2l'u2-tol. A disinfectant said to be especially effective in the preservation of corpses: an alkaline solution of sodium cresyl ate in an exce of cresol. [Squibb, " Ephemeris," etc., Feb., 1893.'] [s. 500]