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Physician's Materia Medica on Chloroform
BROMOFORM
A heavy liquid resembling chloroform in odor and taste and hav ing similar medicinal properties. It is prescribed especially as a remedy for spasmodic coughs, particularly for whooping cough. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 c. c. (1 to 5 M).1
A heavy liquid resembling chloroform in odor and taste and hav ing similar medicinal properties. It is prescribed especially as a remedy for spasmodic coughs, particularly for whooping cough. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 c. c. (1 to 5 M).1
CHLORETON E (Acetone-chloroform)
Hypnotic, saiative, anesthetic, antiseptic, antiemetic; resembles chloral in its action, but is less depressing to heart and respiration; useful for relief of neuralgic pain and gastralgia; in insomnia, and as a local application to burns, scalds, carious teeth, painful ulcers, etc. Dose, 0.4 to 1.3 Grm. (6 to 20 grs.).1
Hypnotic, saiative, anesthetic, antiseptic, antiemetic; resembles chloral in its action, but is less depressing to heart and respiration; useful for relief of neuralgic pain and gastralgia; in insomnia, and as a local application to burns, scalds, carious teeth, painful ulcers, etc. Dose, 0.4 to 1.3 Grm. (6 to 20 grs.).1
CHLORODYNE
A popular combination of anodynes much used for relief of colic, cholera morbus and spasmodic pains in general. Each fluidrachm contains; Morphine Hydrochloride, 3-8 gr.; Tincture Cannabis Indica 11 1/4 M; Acid Hydrocyanic, diluted, 1 1/8 M; Chloroform, 5 3/4 M]; Oil Peppermint, 3-16 M; Tincture Capsicum, ยง/3 Ill. Dose for an adult, 0.3 to 1.0 c. c. (5 to 15 M), repeated in % to 1 hour when necessary to control pain.1
A popular combination of anodynes much used for relief of colic, cholera morbus and spasmodic pains in general. Each fluidrachm contains; Morphine Hydrochloride, 3-8 gr.; Tincture Cannabis Indica 11 1/4 M; Acid Hydrocyanic, diluted, 1 1/8 M; Chloroform, 5 3/4 M]; Oil Peppermint, 3-16 M; Tincture Capsicum, ยง/3 Ill. Dose for an adult, 0.3 to 1.0 c. c. (5 to 15 M), repeated in % to 1 hour when necessary to control pain.1
CHLOROFORM
Anesthetic, hypnotic, sedative, antispasmodic. Used to relieve spasm as in strychnine poisoning, as a solvent for biliary calculi and as an ingredient in cough mixtures.1
Anesthetic, hypnotic, sedative, antispasmodic. Used to relieve spasm as in strychnine poisoning, as a solvent for biliary calculi and as an ingredient in cough mixtures.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.