chromate

of pota ium, KiCrOi; a yellow crystalline salt, soluble in 2 parts of water; employed as a reagent. a white granular powder, deliquescent and soluble in water; employed as a diuretic and diaphoretic and to diminish the acidity of the urine, in doses of gr. 5-30 (0.3-2.0). citric acid i6z, sodium bicarbonate 477, tartaric acid 252: the salts are thoroughly mixed, and when moist pa ed through a sieve, and the granules then dried; dose 5 1—2 (4.0—8.0). granular powder having the odor, when moist, of hydrocyanic acid, deliquescent and' soluble in water; employed to meet the same indications ' as diluted hydrocyanic acid, in doses of gr.:fe—i (0.005—0.008). chromate, K2Cr207, occurs as orange red, translucent crystals, soluble in 9 parts of water; employed externally as a caustic to syphilitic vegetations. tartrate, soda tartar at a (Br.), Rochelle salt, KNaC4H4- Og; occurs as white or transparent, inodorous, prismatic crystals, of saline bitterish taste, soluble in water; laxative in doses of 32-4 (8.0-16.0). pru iate of potash, K4Fe(CN)6-t-3H20, translucent, lemon-yellow crystals, of a sweetish taste, soluble in water; employed in the preparation of various cyanides and in medicine as an antidote to copper sulphate caustic a (Br.), caustic potash, KOH, occurs in white crystalline ma es, inodorous but of an acid, caustic taste; employed as a strong penetrating caustic. KH2PO2, occurs in white crystalline ma es or granular powder, inodorous but of saline bitter taste; employed like the other hypophosphites as a nerve and general tonic. colorle or whitish crystalline powder soluble in water employed as an alterative, and in syphilis and chronic rheumatism, in doses of gr. 5—20 (0.3-1,3). peter, KNO3, occurs in colorle , translucent, prismatic crystals, readily soluble in water; sometimes employed as a diuretic and diaphoretic in doses of gr: S-20 (0.3-1.3), and the fumes are inhaled for the relief of the asthmatic paroxysm. ganate, KMnOi; occurs in deep purple prismatic crystals, soluble in i s parts of water; a strong oxidizing agent, employed in solution as an antiseptic and deodorizing application to foul ulcers, cancer, and ozena, used internally in dyspepsia and amenorrhea in doses of gr. 1—2 (0.06-0.13). crystalline powder soluble in 50 parts of water; employed externally as an antiseptic and bactericide in skin diseases, otitis, rhinitis, and gonorrhea. powder used as a hemostatic in doses of gr. 5-10 (0.3-0.6). occurs as colorle , translucent, prismatic or pyramid a crystals, or as a white powder, soluble in 9 parts of water; laxative in doses of gr. 30-60 (2. 0—4. o), iQjC4H40n; occurs in colorle translucent crystals or white granular powder, soluble in le than its weight of water; diuretic, diminishing urinary acidity, in doses of gr. 3 0-60 (2 0-4 o)