Bromum

(bro’-min, or -mum) [/3pw//oc, a stench]. Br = 80; quantivalence 1. A reddish-brown liquid, which, at ordinary temperatures, gives off a heavy, suffocating vapor. It is a very active escharotic, and internally a violent poison. It is used as an escharotic and disinfectant. The salts of bromin are cerebrospinal and cardiac depre ants, and are employed as sedatives, particularly in epilepsy, eclampsia, spasmodic affections, insomnia, hysteria, migraine, etc. The salts of the alkaline metals are those most commonly used. Ammonii bromidum, NH4Br. Dose gr. v-xx (0.32- 1.3). Calcii bromidum, CaBr2. Dose gr. v~k) (°-32-4-°)- Ethyl bromid, C2H5Br, useful in spasmodic coughs. Dose Tl^x-f 3 j (0.65-4.0). Ferri bromid i, Syr., contains ten percent, of the salt. Dosef^ -j (2.0- 4.0). Lithii bromidum, LiBr. Dose gr. vxx (0.32-1.3). Nickel bromidum. See Nickel. Pota i i bromidum, KBr. Dose gr. v-pjj (0.32-4.0). Sodii bromidum, NaBr. Dose gr. v-^j (0.32-4.0). Strontii bromidum, SrBr2. Dose gr. xv-xx (1.0- 1.3). Zinci bromidum, ZnBr2. Dose gr. -ij (0.032-0.13). Brominism, 158