santyl
See also: Santyl
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santyl (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of Santyl
- 1907, The Medical Critic and Guide, page 13:
- It was soon found that in many cases the urine only cleared up when the santyl was given after the kava preparation had been used, while conversely, very few cases were benefited when kava-kavin was substituted owing to insufficient action […]
- 1907, The Medical Examiner and General Practitioner: A Journal Devoted to Physical Diagnosis, page 192:
- The patient stated that he had suffered from pains in the region of the kidneys when taking sandal-wood oil some months previously, so that when I prescribed santyl for him I requested the resident medical officer to watch the case carefully, […]
- 1919, Council on Drugs (American Medical Association), New and Nonofficial Drugs, page 256:
- It is said that santyl passes the stomach unchanged, but is slowly split up in the intestines into its constituents, santalol and salicylic acid. Santyl is claimed to have the same actions as sandalwood oil, except that because of the slow liberation of santalol, it produces less irritation […] . It is claimed to be useful like santal oil for gonorrheal urethritis.