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BORATE OF SODIUM.
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DENTAL FORMULA.
For Periodontitis, etc,
Carl Seiler.
Sodii bicarb
R . 5 viij
Sodii bibor 3 viij
Sodii benzoate
Sodii salicylate aa gr.xx
Eucalyptol
Thymol aa gr.x
Menthol gr.v
01. Gaultheria gtt-vj
Glycerini ^ viiiss
Alcoholis ^ ij
AquK q. s. 16 pints. M.
SiGNA.—Use as an antiseptic spray.
SODII BORAS—BORATE OF SODIUM.
BORAX.
Formula.—^2i.^,0^\\QY{,0.
Source.—Borax is a native salt, but can be obtained artificially
by boiling together native boracic acid (found in Italy), and car-
bonate of soda. California furnishes the borax used in this
country. It is in the form of colorless crystals, which effloresce
somewhat in dry air, and are freely soluble in water and glyce-
rine, but insoluble in alcohol, with an alkaline reaction, and a
sweetish alkaline taste. It dissolves fibrine, albumen, casein and
uric acid.
Medical Properties and Action.—Borax is refrigerant, diuretic,
detergent, antacid and emmenagogue, and has been employed as
a solvent for calculi. It resembles in its action carbonate of
soda, and by its mild alkaline qualities it improves the condition
of the skin and mucous membranes. In excessive or large re-
peated doses it is injurious, causing nausea and vomiting, and a
scorbutic condition of the body.
Therapeutic Uses.—Borax is internally administered in infantile
diarrhoea, in the form of an enema ; also, as a solvent for calculi,
and in dropsy, etc., but its chief use is as an external application.
Externally it is applied as a detergent in cutaneous affections,
ulcerations, pityriasis, to remove freckles, to allay itching, etc., etc.