Ferrum

(fer'-um) [L.]. Iron, Fe = 56. Quan- tivalence n, iv. The most familiar and most useful of all metals; it is found in many minerals, in nearly all soils, in many mineral waters, and also occurs pure, especi- ally in the form of meteoric iron. Pure iron is rare, nearly all commercial irons containing carbon in various proportions. In pharmacy, iron is used in the form of fine, bright, non- elastic wire, as reduced iron, a metallic iron with a variable amount of iron oxid, and in the form of salts. The therapeutic properties of iron depend on its power to build up the blood, it being a normal constituent of the red corpuscles; hence it is useful in all forms of anemia and in the diseases depending upon the latter. Externally many of the soluble salts of iron are used as styptic and astrin- gent lotions. F. dialysatum, dialyzed iron.. Dose of the solution 10—20 min. (o. 65—1.3 Cc). F. reductum (U. S. P.), reduced iron; iron by hydrogen; Quevenne's iron. Dose 3-6 gr. (0.2-0.4 Gm.). See also under Ferric, .Ferrous, and Iron.

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