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Physician's Materia Medica on Zinc Phosphide

ZINC PHOSPHIDE
   This compound is readily decomposed, yielding its phosphorus in a form suited for immediate absorption. Its therapeutic action is therefore practically the same as that of phosphorus, q. v. Dose, 0.003 Grm. (1-20 gr.), cautiously increased.1


References

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