Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition Page: 134
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NO TES ON THE NE WER REMEDIES.
and muscle, causing increased rate of the pulse and a
reduction of the blood-pressure and the bodily tem-
perature.
Therapeutic Applications.-Methylal has been used
with marked effect as a hypnotic, and particularly in the
treatment of insanity and the insomnia of delirium
tremens. It has also been employed as a local anaes-
thetic.
Administration.-The dose of methylal varies from
15 to 30 minims (I to 2 grammes), and even as high as
2 drachms (8 grammes).
METHYL CHLORIDE.
Other names are applied 'to this substance, such as
chlormetzyl and monocklormc'thanc. It is obtained by
the action of hydrochloric acid upon alcohol. Its chem-
ical composition is represented as C H3C1.
Physical Properties.-Ch/loride f /ctlyl is a color-
less gas with an odor resembling that of ether and chlo-
roform. It is somewhat inflammable, and burns with a
greenish flame. It liquifies at -130 F. (-250 C.), and
at --9.6 F. (-23.7 C.) has a sp. gr. of 0.9915. It boils
at -5.8 F. (--2I C.).
Solubility.-Chlormcthy is readily soluble in ether
and in chloroform, less so in alcohol; in water, in one-
fourth its volume.
Therapeutic Applications.-The most marked prop-
erties of this drug are those of an anesthetic, and as
such it has been employed in minor surgical operations.
It has rendered good service in the local treatment of
neuralgia, spinal pains, pruritus, etc.
Administration.-This remedy is best applied in the
form of a spray.
METHYLENE BLUE.
This substance is classed as one of the aniline dyes,
and is also called tetramctlhylthloninz. Its chemical for-
mula is represented as follows:I34
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Cerna, David. Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition, book, 1894; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143542/m1/133/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.