Formalin

William Boericke 1922

Intense urging to stool, watery stools. 340 FORMALIN — FORMICA RUFA

William Boericke 1922

Ammonium formaldehyde, known commercially as Cystogen. (Dose, five to seven grains two to four times daily, dissolved in hot water, after meals. Prevents the decomposition of urine in the bladder, kidneys, and ureters. Turbid urine rendered clear and non-irritating; pho.sphatic deposits dissolved, and growth of pyogenic bacteria arrested). Also, Urotropin. A diuretic and solvent of uric acid concretions; relieves cystitis associated with putrefaction Three to five grains well diluted. When administered invariably appears in the cerebro-spinal fluid and therefore advised in threatened meningeal infection.

William Boericke 1922

--As vapor in hot water in respiratory affec tions; 1 per cent, spray, otherwise 3x potency. FORMICA RUFA (MYRMEXINE) (Crushed Live Ants) An arthritic medicine. Gout and articular rheumatism ; pains worse, motion ; better, pressure. Right side most affected. Chronic gout and stiffness in joints. Acute outbursts of gouty poisons, especially when assuming the neuralgic forms. Tuberculosis, carcinoma, and lupus; chronic nephritis. Complaints from overlifting. Apoplectic diseases. Has a marked deterrent influence on the formation of polypi.

William Boericke 1922

Bones ache during whole paroxysm. During fever forgets where he was.

William Boericke 1922

Chills in forenoon, followed by long

William Boericke 1922

(Aqueous Solution (35 per cent) of Formaldehyde Gas) Is a powerful disinfectant and deodorant ; a potent poison. Prevents growth and kills almost any pathogenic micro-organism. It seems to have the peculiar property of eating into malignant tumors, leaving the surrounding healthy tissue uncharred and unchanged. A plug of cotton wool soaked in a 20 per cent, solution of Formaldehyde, and applied for a few hours, will produce a necrotic slough, which must be scraped away before the next application, otherwise it hardens. Formalin in hot water as vapor most valuable therapeutic agent in pertussis, in phthisis, in catarrhal affections of upper air-passages.

William Boericke 1922

Coryza ; eyes water ; vertigo.

William Boericke 1922

Forgetfulness. Anxiety. Unconscious.

William Boericke 1922

Ptyalism, thick saliva ; loss of taste.

William Boericke 1922

Antidote: Ammonia water.

William Boericke 1922

Dyspnoea. Laryngismus stridulus. Whooping-cough.

William Boericke 1922

Puckers skin like leather ; wrinkles ; scales off. Eczema in neighborhood of wound. Damp sweat most marked on right upper extremity.

William Boericke 1922

Food feels as if it were a ball in

William Boericke 1922

Burning in mouth and

William Boericke 1922

Anuria; albuminous urine.