~FOODS AND DIETETIC PRODUCTS~ proper will be found under the title: "Foods"; while Digestants, Hematinics, etc., are listed under their own titles. ~SMALL TYPE~ is employed for botanic drugs, gums, and some others of the older drugs and preparations which are so well known as to require but little description. Those articles of which the ~MERCK~ brand is on the market, are--for convenience in prescribing--designated accordingly. ~Absinthin Merck.~ ABSINTHIIN--Yellow-brown, amorph. or cryst. powd.; very bitter.--SOL. in alcohol, chloroform; slightly in ether; insol. in water.--Bitter Tonic (in anorexia, constipation, chlorosis, etc.).--~Dose:~ 1-1/2--4 grn. Absinthium--U.S.P. WORMWOOD.--Dose: 20--40 grn.--Infus. (1--2:64) and oil (D., 1--3 min.) used. Acacia--U.S.P. GUM ARABIC.--SOL. in water, insol. in alcohol.--_Preparations:_ Mucilage, Syr.--both vehicles. ~Acetanilid Merck.--U.S.P.--Cryst. or Powd.~ ANTIFEBRIN.--Wh. scales or powd.; odorl.; burning taste.--SOL. in 194 parts water, 5 alcohol, 18 ether; very sol. in chloroform.--Antipyretic, Analgesic, Antirheumatic, Antiseptic.--USES: _Intern._, fever, rheumatism, headache, alcoholism, delirium, neuralgia, sleeplessness in children, etc.; _extern._, like iodoform, and as a preservative of hypodermic solutions (1:500).--~Dose:~ 3--10 grn., in powd., alcoholic solut., or hot water cooled down and sweetened to taste. MAX. D.: 15 grn. single, 60 grn. daily.--CAUTION: Avoid large doses in fever! ~Acetyl-phenyl-hydrazine Merck.~ HYDRACETIN; PYRODIN.--Prisms, or tablets: silky luster; odorl.; tastel.--SOL. in 50 parts water; in alcohol, chloroform.--Antipyretic, Analgesic, Antiparasitic--USES: _Intern._, to reduce fever generally, in rheumatism, etc.; _extern._, psoriasis and other skin diseases.--~Dose:~ 1/2--3 grn.--EXTERN. in 10% oint. ~Acid, Acetic, Merck.--Glacial.--U.S.P.--99.5%.--C.P.~ Caustic (in warts or corns) and Vesicant. Not used internally.--ANTIDOTES: Emetics, magnesia, chalk, soap, oil, etc. ~Acid, Acetic, Merck.--U.S.P.--36%.~ ~Dose:~ 15--40 [min.], well diluted. Acid, Acetic, Diluted--U.S.P. 6 per cent.--~Dose:~ 2--4 drams. ~Acid, Agaricic, Merck.~ AGARIC, LARICIC or AGARICINIC, ACID.--Powd.; odorl.; almost tastel.--SOL. in ether or chloroform; in 130 parts cold and 10 parts boiling alcohol.--Antihidrotic.--USES: Night-sweat of phthisis, and to check the sudorific effects of antipyretics.--~Dose:~ 1/6--1/2 grn., at night, in pills. ~Acid, Arsenous, Merck.--U.S.P.--Pure, Powder.~