Arsenic
Arsenic is a natural element found in soil and minerals. Arsenic compounds are used to preserve wood, as pesticides, and in some industries. Arsenic can get into air, water, and the ground from wind-blown dust. It may also get into water from runoff.
You may be exposed to arsenic by:
- Taking in small amounts in food, drinking water, or air
- Breathing sawdust or burning smoke from arsenic-treated wood
- Living in an area with high levels of arsenic in rock
- Working in a job where arsenic is made or used
Exposure to arsenic can cause many health problems. Being exposed to low levels for a long time can change the color of your skin. It can cause corns and small warts. Exposure to high levels of arsenic can cause death.
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Physician's Materia Medica on Arsenic
ARSENIC
An active irritant poison. In small doses a powerful alterative. tonic, hematinic and antiperiodic. Prescribed in chronic cutaneous diseases, secondary syphilis, chorea, neuralgia and malarial fevers. a. Arsenous Bromide. Has been used especially in diabe tes. Dose, 0.0015 to 0.006 Grm. (1-40 to 1-10 gr.). b. Arsenous Chloride. Dose, 0.002 to 0.004 Grm. (1-30 to 1-15 am). For formulas see in Part II, Alteratives ( a) and Tonics (i). c. Arslenous iodide. Particularly useful in syphilis and obstin1
An active irritant poison. In small doses a powerful alterative. tonic, hematinic and antiperiodic. Prescribed in chronic cutaneous diseases, secondary syphilis, chorea, neuralgia and malarial fevers. a. Arsenous Bromide. Has been used especially in diabe tes. Dose, 0.0015 to 0.006 Grm. (1-40 to 1-10 gr.). b. Arsenous Chloride. Dose, 0.002 to 0.004 Grm. (1-30 to 1-15 am). For formulas see in Part II, Alteratives ( a) and Tonics (i). c. Arslenous iodide. Particularly useful in syphilis and obstin1
IRON
Compounds of iron taken internally increase hemoglobin and red corpuscles in the blood. Ferric compounds have also great astringency and are used topically as styptics. a. iron Albumlnate (Ferric). A compound of iron that is be lieved to be more easily assimilated than the inorganic salts. b. iron Arsenate. See under Arsenic. c. iron Bromide (Ferrous). Has an alterative and to some extent a sedative action, in addition to that of an energetic hematinic tonic. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 Grm. (1 to 5 grs.1
Compounds of iron taken internally increase hemoglobin and red corpuscles in the blood. Ferric compounds have also great astringency and are used topically as styptics. a. iron Albumlnate (Ferric). A compound of iron that is be lieved to be more easily assimilated than the inorganic salts. b. iron Arsenate. See under Arsenic. c. iron Bromide (Ferrous). Has an alterative and to some extent a sedative action, in addition to that of an energetic hematinic tonic. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 Grm. (1 to 5 grs.1
SODIUM CACODYLATE
Contains arsenic, and accordingly is alterative and germicidal although scarcely poisonous. Used in tuberculosis, obstinate psoriasis, glycosuria and pseudo-leukemia. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 Grm. (1 to 5 grs.).1
Contains arsenic, and accordingly is alterative and germicidal although scarcely poisonous. Used in tuberculosis, obstinate psoriasis, glycosuria and pseudo-leukemia. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 Grm. (1 to 5 grs.).1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.