sodium salicylate

noun

, Chemistry.

a white, crystalline compound, C 7 H 5 NaO 3 , soluble in water, alcohol, and glycerol: used in medicine as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory, and as a preservative.

First recorded in 1900–05

The soluble compound which is formed is generally considered to be a double salt of theobromin sodium and sodium salicylate.

Theobromin sodium salicylate is described in New and Nonofficial Remedies and in several foreign pharmacopeias.

Alkalies, especially sodium salicylate, and intestinal antiseptics are useful.

Salicin, sodium salicylate, and salophen in moderately full doses act well in some cases.

Alkalies—sodium salicylate, potassium bicarbonate, liquor potassæ, and lithium carbonate.

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