_Pepsinum Saccharatum (Pepsin. Sacchar.), Saccharated Pepsin, N.F._--Pepsin (10%) with sugar of milk.
_Succus Citri et Pepsinum (Suc. Cit. et Pepsin.), Lime Juice and Pepsin, N.F._ (Succus Limettae cum Pepsino, N.F. III).--Glycerite of pepsin (40%) and lime juice.
_Vinum Pepsini (Vin. Pepsin.), Wine of Pepsin, N.F._ (Pepsin Wine).--Glycerite of pepsin (20%) in alcohol and sherry wine. Absolute alcohol content about 23 per cent.
=Persio (Persio), Cudbear, N.F.= (Red Indigo).--A purplish-red powder prepared from lichens.
_Tinctura Persionis (Tr. Persion.), Tincture of Cudbear, N.F._--Cudbear in alcohol and water.
_Tinctura Persionis Composita (Tr. Persion. Co.), Compound Tincture of Cudbear, N.F._--Cudbear and caramel in alcohol and water.
=*Petrolatum (Petrolat.), Petrolatum, U.S.P.= (Petrolatum Ointment, Petroleum Jelly).--A purified mixture of semisolid hydrocarbons from crude petroleum.
An unctuous, nearly odorless and nearly tasteless semisolid. Insoluble in water and almost insoluble in alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Protective to the skin and basis for ointments, etc.
_Emulsum Petrolati (Emul. Petrolat.), Emulsion of Petrolatum, N.F._ (Emulsum Petrolei, N.F. III).--Petrolatum (22.5%), expressed oil of almond and acacia in syrup and water flavored with tincture of lemon peel.
=Petrolatum Album (Petrolat. Alb.), White Petrolatum, U.S.P.= (White Petroleum Jelly).--Petrolatum decolorized or nearly so.
ACTION AND USES: Same as those of petrolatum.
_*Petrolatum Liquidum (Petrolat. Liq.), Liquid Petrolatum, U.S.P._ (Liquid Paraffin, Mineral Oil).--A mixture of liquid hydrocarbons. Official as Heavy Liquid Petrolatum and Light Liquid Petrolatum.
A colorless, transparent, oily, nearly odorless and nearly tasteless liquid. Insoluble in water or alcohol.
ACTION AND USES: Vehicle for medicinal agents to be applied externally or to the mucous membranes of the nose and throat. Also given internally largely for its mechanical action in constipation. Is not absorbed by the intestine and has no nutritive properties.
DOSAGE: 15 Cc. or 4 fluidrachms (U.S.P.).
_Nebula Aromatica (Nebul. Arom.), Aromatic Oil Spray, N.F._ (Aromatol).--Light liquid petrolatum aromatized with phenol, menthol, thymol, camphor, benzoic acid, eucalyptol, oil of cinnamon, oil of clove and methyl salicylate.