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Physician's Materia Medica on Acid Phosphoric

ACID PHOSPHORIC
   The diluted acid is a useful tonic and gastric stimulant; frequent ly prescribed with benefit in cases of nervous exhaustion. The dose of the oflicial diluted acid (10%) is 2 to 4 c. c. (30 to 60 Ill), largely di luted with water.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.