ammonium

(am-o’ne-um). The _hypothetic radical, NH,, of ammonia. Its salts are stimulant to the heart and respiration. a. acetate, a compound, NH,C.H,0,, used as a_ diaphoretic and refrigerant. a. acetate, solution of, the so-called spirit of Mindererus. Dose, 1-8 dr. (4-32 c.c.). & arsenate, a crystalline compound, (NH,),HAsO,, used in aqueous solution in skin diseases. Dose, x, gr. (0.003 gm.). 8. benzoate, a white. crystalline salt, stimulant and diuretic. Dose, 5-15 gr. (0333-1 gm.). & biborate, a salt useful in renal and vesical diseases. Dose, 10-20 gr. (0.666—1.333 gm.). a. bicarbonate, a crystalline compound, (NH,)HCO,, stimulant and antacid. a. borate, a compound, 2(NH,HB,O,)3H,O: used in catarrh of the bladder and stone. Dose, 10-20 gr. (0.6-1.3 gm.). & bromid, a crystalline compound used like pota ium bromid in epilepsy, delirium, rheumatism, and whooping-cough. It is more stimulant than pota ium bromid. Dose, 5-20 gr. (0.333-1.333 gm.). a. camphorate, a crystalline substance, Ο9 Εἔ O.,NH,: sedative dose, 2-4 gr. (0.133-0.266 gm. a@. carbamate, a compound, CO(NH, )ONH,. It is said that the periodic accumulation of this compound in the blood causes epileptic attacks. a. carbonate, a white salt, NH,HCO;.NH,NH;- AMNESIAC CO;, a valuable stimulant and expectorant in bronchitis, pneumonia, etc., and a heart stimulant in adynamic states. Dose, 3-10 gr. (0.2-0.606 gm.). 8. chloraurate, a salt of gold, NH;- AuCl,: recommended in disorders of menstruation. Dose, % gr. (0.000 gm.). a. chlorid, sal ammoniac, a white, crystalline body, NH,Cl; a stimulant, resolvent, and expectorant; used in bronchitis, in neuralgia, rheumatism, and in dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea. Dose, 1-20. gr. (0.066-1.333 gm.). 8. embelate, a crystalline salt, Ο9Η Ο ΝΗ: used us a teniafuge. Dose, 5-10 gr. (0.333-0.606 gm.). 8. fluorid, recommended for enlargement of the spleen and as an antiperiodic and antipyretic. Used in a solution of 4 grains to the ounce. a. hemate. See under ammonia. a. hypophosphite, a proprietary preparation used as an expectorant in bronchitis, laryngitis, and catarrhal conditions. Dose, 2 gr. {0.13 gm.) every two or three hours. a. iodid, a white, crystalline body, NH,I: a valuable antisyphilitic and antirheumatic, and used like other iodids. Dose, 2-10 gr. (0.133-0.606 gm.). 8. nitrate, a colorle , crystalline compound, NH,NO,, used in making nitrous oxid gas. It is readily soluble in water, and soluble in 20 parts of alcohol. a. oxalate, (NH,).,C,0, + H,0, is used as a test-solution. @. persulphate, a colorle , crystalline substance, (NH,)25,;0,, used in a ο.5--2: per cent. solution as a deodorant and disinfectant for wounds and as a mouth-wash. a. phosphate, a salt in colorle , translucent prisms, (NH,),HPO,: useful in gout and rheumatism. Dose, 5-20 gr. ‘0.333-1.333 gm.). 8. picrate, an explosive salt in yellow needles: antipyretic and antiperiodic. Dose, $4 gr. (0.008-0.033 gm.), given in a wafer or capsule. a. icylate, a white, crystalline compound, CH(OMCOOMH. used as an expectorant. Dose, 2-10 gr. (0.13—0.65 gm.). a. sulpho-ichthyolate. See ichthyol. a. urate, a white powder, (NH,)C,H3N,O3. found in urinary sediments and calculi, and in the excrement of birds and reptiles. It is used externally in skin diseases; internally in phthisis; to be given with caution. Dose, +7 gr. (0.016- 0.462 gm.). a. valerate, a. vale: te, a deliquescent white or colorle salt, in plates: useful in nervous affections. Dose, 1-5 gr. (0.066- 0.333 gm.).