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514 . DENTAL MEDICINE.
two and a half grains of phosphate of iron and one grain of
phosphate of lime.
Sodii Phosphas— Phosphate of Sodium.—In the form of large,
colorless, transparent prisms, with a cooling saline taste, feebly
alkaline and no odor, and a slightly alkaline reaction. Soluble
in six parts of water at 60° F., apd in two parts of boiling water.
Dose.— f5j to f5j.
Calcii Phosphas Pracipitatus.—Precipitated Phosphate of Lime.
In the form of a white powder, with no taste or odor, and insol-
uble in water or alcohol. Dose.—Gr. ij to gr. v.
Syrupus Hypophosphitum.—Syrup of Hypophosphites. Com-
posed of hypophosphites of calcium, sodium and potassium.
Dose.— foj.
Sodii Pyrophosphas.—Pyrophosphate of Sodium. In the form
of colorless, translucent prisms, with a cooling saline taste and
a feeble alkaline reaction, but no odor, soluble in water, but in-
soluble in alcohol. Dose.— foss to fiSss.
Calcii Hypophosphis.—(See Hypophosphite of Lime.)
Sodii Hypophosphis.—Hypophosphite of Sodium. In the form
of small, colorless or white prisms, or a white granular powder
with a sweetish saline taste, and a neutral reaction, and soluble in
water. Dose.—Gr. v to gr. x.
Therapeutic Uses.—The phosphates are useful in rickets, mol-
lities ossium, non-union of fractures, soft teeth of children, caries
and necrosis of bone, anemia of nursing mothers, chronic bron-
chitis, leucorrhoea. The phosphate of soda in bilious sick head-
ache, hepatic colic, jaundice, carbuncles, boils, etc., etc. The hy-
pophosphites in phthisis, emphysema, fibroid lung, chronic tuber-
culosis, dilated bronchi, skin diseases, and all diseases character-
ized by mal-nutrition. Phosphoric and hypophosphoric acids are
frequently combined with many vegetable and mineral tonics.
The hypophosphites fulfill nearly all the indications of phosphorus
itself.

PINUS CANADENSIS—ABIES CANADENSIS.
Hemlock, hemlock spruce of the United States and Canada.
The medicinal portions are the juice and bark. The concrete