The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, for 1851 / translated by a physician.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1851
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, for 1851 / translated by a physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CMmapMla. Cliimaphila umbellala. Winter-green, or C.corymbosa,PuitsH. Pyrola. The herb. Cinchonaflava(regia). Cinchona Calisaya, (Cinchona cordifo- Weddell. lia, Ph. 1836.) The bark. Yellow Bark. (Heart-leaved Cin- chona, Ph. 1836.) Thick, for the most part covered with very fine sharp fibres, either flat or curled. This species is ashy or brownish on its outer surface. Rugose in its long direction, and cleft with deep fissures either transversely or circularly. It is generally naked, and of a brownish cinnamon tint. It has an extremely bitter taste. About 3 drachms of sulphate of quinine should be pre- pared from 1 lb. of this bark by the aid of sul- phuric acid. Cinchona pallida. Cinchona Condaminea, (pe Loxa.) Weddell. (Ci?ichonalancifoliai The bark. Ph. 1836.) Pale Cinchona Bark. (Lanciform Cincho- na, Ph. 1836.) Slender, quilled, brown on its external sur- face, often covered with lichens, and split with very many fissures, for the most part transverse and sometimes in a circular direction; of a cin- namon-brown colour on its internal surface. In taste it is astringent and bitter.