The Dosage of Sodium Cacodylate Intravenously

Sodium cacodylatk is one of the most frequently used organic salts of arsenic, with the exception of salvarsan, in fact it was the fore-runner of salvarsan. Before the days of the latter drug" this was the most extensively used of the arsenical preparations. It was given orally and more often subcutaneously at short intervals to get the desired effect. On referring to the literature about it I find that the dose recommended for subcutaneous injection is very small, from one-half a grain to 3 grains and ampoules of these strengths only are still available on the market. Experiments on animals have shown, however, that timidity in the use of this drug is groundless and that it can be tolerated in very large doses without toxic effects. The Americans have made use of this fact, and have been giving as much as 30 grains twice