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Physician's Materia Medica on Silver Nitrate (lunar Caustic)
SILVER NITRATE (Lunar Caustic)
In small doses has an alterative action; locally it is caustic in strong, astringent in dilute solutions; germicide. A valuable remedy in gastric ulcer and chronic gastric cat arrh and in ulceration of the intestines. When ulct-rations occur in the lower bowel, as also in chronic dysentery, injections of Silver Nitrate solution, about 1 grain to the fluidounce. are of great service. Locally, solutions of appropriate strength are used to abort felons, to prevent pitting in small pox; in treatment1
In small doses has an alterative action; locally it is caustic in strong, astringent in dilute solutions; germicide. A valuable remedy in gastric ulcer and chronic gastric cat arrh and in ulceration of the intestines. When ulct-rations occur in the lower bowel, as also in chronic dysentery, injections of Silver Nitrate solution, about 1 grain to the fluidounce. are of great service. Locally, solutions of appropriate strength are used to abort felons, to prevent pitting in small pox; in treatment1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.