Royle's manual of materia medica and therapeutics : including the preparations of the British pharmacopoeia and other approved medicines / by John Harley.

  • Harley, John, 1833-1921.
Date:
1876
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Credit: Royle's manual of materia medica and therapeutics : including the preparations of the British pharmacopoeia and other approved medicines / by John Harley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    halations; hot demulcent drinks, which act as fomentations to the back of the larynx and windpipe; and lozenges, which incite by reflex action a flow fi’om the surfaces with and near which they come in contact, act locally: the remainder act generally, being absorbed into the blood, and subsequently eliminated by the lungs and general mucous surface including that of the bronchial tubes, and thereby increasing secretion from the mucous glands. SIALAGOGUES. IlrvsKov, saliva; aya, to induce. 1. ' Masticatories.—India-rubber, Wood, Arecanut, Mastich. 2. Local.—Jaborandi, Xanthoxylum clava, Pyrethrum, Mezereum, Capsicum, Piper nigrum et longum, Sinapis, Armoracia, strong acids, vapour of .lEther. Essential oils, such as that of cloves and kreasote. 3. General.—Pilocarpus and Xanthoxylum, Iodide of potassium. Mercurial preparations. Mastication alone excites a flow of saliva. Stimulants induce the flow by their impressions on the oral branches of the fifth nerve. ]\Iercury and iodine excite the flow in the process of elimination. This class of medicines is beneficial in relieving neuralgic affec- tions of the head and face. ERRHINES and STERNITTAMENTS. ’Ey, >/y, the nose, or sternutamentum, that which excites sneezing. 1. Aromatic Errhines.—The dried leaves of aromatic plants, as Melissa, Lavandula, Rosmarinus, Origanum, Teucrium marum (headache plant). Powdered orris root. Ammonia, Acetic acid, Asarum. 2. Acrid Errhines.—Powdered ipecacuanha, powdered Veratrum root, Veratria, Euphorbium resin. Subsulphate of mercmy, Mer- cm-ial and Chlorinous fumes. Nicotianum tabacum (various kinds jof snufi's). The term errhine is confined to those remedies which induce a flux from the nose without produchig sneezing. Sternutaments are those which excite this reflex act. They are very useful in relieving, by a flux of mucus, painful or injiu-ious tension of the vessels of the head. EMETICS. ''Efisa, to vomit. 1. Irritant Emetics.—Hot (105° to 120°) water. Hot water con- taining ammonia, common salt, mustard and water, sulphate of zinc, sulphate of copper. 2. Depressent Emetics.—Ipecacuanha, Violet root, Apomorphia, Squill, Veratnun vuide, Colchicum, HeUebore, LobeUa, Tobacco lartarised antimony. ’ Of the medicines above enumerated emesis or vomiting cannot