Elaterinum. Elaterin
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This section is from the book "Practical Materia Medica And Prescription Writing", by Oscar W. Bethea. Also available from Amazon: Practical Materia Medica and Prescription Writing.
Elaterinum. Elaterin
Latin, Elaterinum (Gen., Elaterini)
Eng., Elaterin. A principle obtained from Elaterium, a substance deposited by the juice of Ecballium Elaterium.
Form
Minute white scales or crystals.
Odor And Taste
Odorless; a slightly acrid, bitter taste.
Solubility
Insoluble in water; soluble in 325 parts of alcohol.
Average Dose
1/20 grain (0.003 Gm.).
Trituratio Elaterini
Eng., Trituration of Elaterin. Contains 10 per cent. of the drug.
Average Dose
1/2 grain (0.03 Gm.).
Therapeutic Action
Uses
Employed principally in those urgent cases when immediate and active purgation is desired, or when the patient is unable to swallow the dose of other purgatives, as in apoplexy, uremia and eclampsia.
Administration
The drug is suspended in a small amount of water or olive oil, and if patient is unconscious it is allowed to pass back to the pharynx a few drops at a time.
Elixir Aromaticum.-See Aurantium
Elixir Glycyrrhizae
See Glycyrrhiza.
Emetinae Hydrochloridum
See Ipecacuanha.
1 Hughes: Practice of Medicine. 2 Anders: Practice of Medicine.
Emplastrum Belladonnae
See Belladonna.
Emplastrum Cantharidis
See Cantharis.
Emplastrum Capsici
See Capsicum.
Emplastrum Elasticum
Eng., Rubber Plaster. Synonyms, Rubber Adhesive Plaster; Adhesive Plaster. Emplastrum Plumbi.-See Plumbum. Emplastrum Resinae.-See Terebinthina. Emplastrum Sinapis.-See Sinapis. Emulsum Amygdalae.-See Amygdala. Emulsum Asafcetidae.-See Asafcetida. Emulsum Olei Morrhuae.-See Oleum Morrhuae. Emulsum Olei Terebinthinae.-See Terebinthina.
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