Lithium

(lithf -e-uni). Li 7; quantivalence I. One of the rarer alkaline metals, a few of the salts only being used in medicine. See Elements, Table of. Because of its low atomic weight, its high saturating-power makes its salts more highly alkaline than those of sodium and pota ium. The carbonate and citrate are used largely in rheumatism and gout. L. benzoas, Dose gr. ij-x. See Benzoic Acid. L. bromidum, See Bromin . L. carbon as, not deliquescent. Dose gr. ij-xv. L.-carmin Solution. See Stains, Table of. L. citras, deliquescent. Dose gr. v— xxx. L. guaiac us, contains 3 parts of guaiacum and I of lithium. Dose gr. v. L. hippuras, used in gout. Dosegr. v-x. L. oxidum. See Lithia. L. salicylas, See Salix . Liquor lithiae effervestens (B. P.), useful in gout. Dose Lithiuria. Lithuria, (lith-e-uf q. v.