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Physician's Materia Medica on Potassium Nitrate
POTASSIUM NITRATE
Diuretic, refrigerant. antirheumatic, cardiac and nervous seda tive. Chiefly used in rheumatism and as an antipyretic or diaphoretic agent. Dose, 0.3 to 1.0 Grm. (5 to 15 grs.).1
Diuretic, refrigerant. antirheumatic, cardiac and nervous seda tive. Chiefly used in rheumatism and as an antipyretic or diaphoretic agent. Dose, 0.3 to 1.0 Grm. (5 to 15 grs.).1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.