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(coi-troj‘en-us). _ Producing goiter. gold (gald). A yellow, metallic element, occurring in ma es or veins in rocks οἵ᾽ in grains among the sand of rivers. Its symbol is Au (L. au’rum); atomic weight, 196.2; specitic gravity, 19.3. Gold and many of its compounds are used in medicine, chiefly as alteratives, and all the compounds are poisonous. g. and sodium chloid, a compound, AuCl, + NaCl, used in syphilis and scrofula. Dose, " gr. (0.003 gm.). g.-cure. Same as Keeley cure. See under cure. g. mono bromid, a yellowish-gray compound, AuBr: antiseptic, anti luetic, and anodyne. Dose, y-% gr. (0.003-0.012 xm.). g. mono cyanid, a yellow powder, insoluble in water, alcohol, or ether: used in tuberculosis. Dose. Br. (0.004-0.016 gm.). g. tri bromid, an anti luetic, antiepileptic, and anodyne substance, AuBr;. Dose, ~s-} gr. (0.005-0.012 gm.). ε. id, 4 colorle , crystalline compound, Pertaining to The Producing goiter. 409 GONATOCELE Au(CN), + 3H,0, soluble in water and alcohol: used in tuberculosis. Dose, ~s—4 gr. (0.004-0.016 gm.).