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Physician's Materia Medica on B!smuth
B!SMUTH
The compounds of Bismuth, although non-poisonous, have a marked antiseptic action which renders them valuable in medicine. They are used chiefly for their effect upon the mucous membrane of the stomach, having a soothing action when irritation of the mem brane exists. The insoluble compounds (subnitrate, snbcarbonate) have a similar action when applied topically to ulcerated surfaces or to the urethral or rectal mucous membrane. a. Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. Beingsolubie, has greater astringe1
The compounds of Bismuth, although non-poisonous, have a marked antiseptic action which renders them valuable in medicine. They are used chiefly for their effect upon the mucous membrane of the stomach, having a soothing action when irritation of the mem brane exists. The insoluble compounds (subnitrate, snbcarbonate) have a similar action when applied topically to ulcerated surfaces or to the urethral or rectal mucous membrane. a. Bismuth and Ammonium Citrate. Beingsolubie, has greater astringe1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.