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Physician's Materia Medica on Salol

SALOL
   A compound of PHENOL with SALICYLIC ACID, having the proper ties of both of its constituents. Used as an intestinal ant iseptic; in rheumatism and neuralgia; in intestinal indigestion, fermentative diarrhea, cholera morbus, and asiatic cholera; in duodenal catarrhand catarrhal jaundice, and in gonorrhea. Contra-indicated where there is congestion or inflammation of the kidneys. Ordinary adult dose, 0.2 to 0.3 Grm. (3 to 5 grs.) three or four times a day. [Since Saloi is insoluble in water and a1

SALOPHEN
   A compound of SALICYLIC ACID with modified PHENOL base, having the same range of use as Salol. It is less liable to produce unto ward effects, but must be given in large doses. In combination with phenacetin it is very useful in neuralgia. Dose, 0.3 to 1.3 Grm. (5 to 20 grs.), three times a day.1


References

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