Quietol

Valeryl-oxy-butyreine hydrobromide. A crystalline powder, easily soluble in water and alcohol, which acts like a mixture of a bromide and chloral hydrate as a nerve tonic and antineuralgic. Dose: 8 to 15 grains.

Quinine Acetyl-salicylate. - A white, crystalline powder, used as an antipyretic. Dose:2 to 6 grains.

Quinine Nucleinate

A yellowish powder, sparingly soluble in water, employed subcutaneously for syphilis in olive-oil solution (1 in 20). Dose:1 to 5 grains.

Regulin

An agar-agar jelly containing 25 per cent. of cascara sagrada extract. Pararegulin is a preparation of liquid paraffin and cascara sagrada extract, in capsules.

Renaglandin

The trade-name for a preparation of the suprarenal gland, each fluid drachm of which equals 5 grains of the fresh gland.

Resaldol is a resorcin derivative, C20H14,O5.(CH3CO)2. An amorphous, light-brown powder, insoluble in water. A gastric and intestinal antiseptic. Dose:15 grains.

Resorbin

The trade-name of an ointment-base said to contain almond oil 5, soap 2, white wax 3, lanoline 6, gelatin I, and water 3, A mercurial resorbin is also on the market (Hg = 33 or 50 per cent.). Resorbol is a combination of higher fatty acids with iodine (10 per cent.) which does not stain the skin.

Resorcinol is made by melting together equal parts of iodoform and resorcin. A brown, crystalline powder. Used in skin-diseases; dusting-powder I to 4 of starch, and ointment 20 to 40 grains per ounce.

Retinol, or resin oil, is obtained by the distillation of Burgundy pitch or resin. It is a solvent for phosphorus, camphor, phenol, salol, aristol, and iodol. Resinol is a proprietary ointment employed in skin-diseases.

Rheumatin is salicyl-quinine salicylate, which crystallises in needles that are sparingly soluble in water. Used in acute rheumatism. Dose:15 grains.

Rubidium Salts resemble therapeutically those of the allied metals potassium and sodium, but have advantages, according to some investigators, which have not yet been demonstrated clinically. The salts used are:Bromide, colourless, soluble in water, dose 5 to 10 grains; iodide, the same, dose I to 6 grains; tartrate, the same, dose 3 to 5 grains; ammonio-bromide, the same, dose (antiepileptic) 15 grains, (hypnotic) 60 grains.

Sabromin

A trade-name for calcium dibromo-behenate, a white powder, insoluble in water, which is employed as a substitute for alkaline bromides in doses of 15 to 45 grains.

Sajodin

Calcium mono-iodo-behenate, Ca(C22H12O2I )2, a white, odourless and tasteless powder, insoluble in water. Properties like iodipin. Dose:15 to 30 grains.

Salacetol (Salantol)

Acetolsalicylic ester. Is an antirheumatic remedy in crystalline powder, insoluble in water. Dose:10 to 30 grains.

Salactol

A solution of sodium lactate and salicylate in 1 per cent. hydrogen peroxide. Used to paint the throat in diphtheria.