A. Napier
Jan 1, 1885
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Glasgow Medical Journal
Abstract
When treated with strong hydrochloric acid, it forms ecgonine. It unites with acid to form salts, the best known being the hydrochlorate, the citrate, the salicylate, the nitrate, the sulphate, the oxalate and the tannate. The muriate or hydrochlorate is the salt in common use. It consists of small, white needle-shaped crystals, which in some specimens are so minute that the powder appears to be amorphous. It has a peculiar characteristic odour, and is soluble in water (1 in 4) and in alcohol. It possesses antiseptic properties, a 5 per cent aqueous solution delaying the putrefaction of meat for some days. The citrate occurs in the form of small white crystals, and is the