Ammonia

(am-o’-ne-ah) [from the name of Jupiter Amnion, from the neighborhood of whose temple in Libya, ammonium chlorid was obtained]. A colorle , pungent gas, NH3, very soluble in water. The preparations of ammonium are used as antacids and as gastric and cardiac stimulants, in headache, hysteria, etc. It is a stimulant to the heart, and, in its elimination through the lungs, stimulates and liquefies the bronchial secretion. Ammoniae, Aqua, water of ammonia, a solution containing ten per cent, of the gas in water. DoseTT v- (0.32—2.0), well diluted. A., Aqua Fortior, contains 28 per cent, of the gas in solution. A., Lin i mentum, aqua ammonia 35, cottonseed oil 60, alcohol 5 per cent. A., Spiritus, a ten per cent, solution of aqua ammonia in alcohol. Dose rr\x-^] (0.65-4.0), diluted. A., Spiritus, Aromatic us, aromatic spirit of ammonia, an alcoholic solution of ammonium carbonate, flavored with lemon, lavender, and piment a. Dose ^ -ij (2.0- 8.0). 50