The British Pharmacopoeia, 1885 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.

  • General Medical Council (Great Britain)
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1885
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    Vanillin. Cs Ha O3. The odorous principle of Yanilla. Prepared artificiaUy, either from the crystalline glucoside coniferin (obtained from the cambium sap of pine trees), the eugenol of oil of clove, benzoin; a,nd, since 1881, from nitrobenzol. In long white needles, soluble in alcohol, and having a strong odoiu' and taste of vanilla. Verbasciini Tliapsiis. Miillcii». Europe. N. 0. ScropMilariacem. Demulcent. Long used on the Continent. It is valuable in iiicreasiag weight m consiunptive cough. Dr. Quinlau.— British Medical Journal, January 27th, 1883. Tibiu'niim Primifoliiim. Black Haw. United States. N. 0. Capri- foliacece. .Thin purplish warty pieces. The root-bark has a powerful action in preventing abortion, and stopping a threatened miscarriage. Dose, 5 drops of tincture, in water, every half hour; or 2^ to 1 drachm of fluid extract, every hour. Viiica Major. Periwinkle. The only British genus of N. 0. ApocynacecB. It arrests menorrhagic and other haemorrhages. Dose of fluid extract (1 part in 1 part) 1 to 2 drachms. Xantlioxyliuu Fraxineiuii., Prickly Ash. N. 0. Butacem. Bark and berries. Boot: quiUed pieces. Permanent warming stimulant. Dose, fluid extract, 10 to 30 minims. [XanthoxyHn from bark. Dose, 1 to 2 grains.] Xylol. Thin, White, Oily Liquid. Ca Hio. A coal-tar hydrocarbon; proposed as an external remedy for small pox; now neglected. Yetora Biiena. Mieromeria JDouglassii. California. Tonic, laxative, and alterative. Dose of fluid exti'act, 1 fluid drachm. Tcrba RItcuiiia. Frankenia Grandifora. California. Catarrrh, dysentery, and discharges from aU the mucous mem- branes. Dose of tincture, (8 oz. to pint proof spirit), 30 to 60 drops occasionally; fluid extract, 10 to 20 minims. Ycrba Santa. Eriodyctyon Californicum. N, 0. Sydrophyllacete. Leaves. Used in bronchitis, especiaUy combined with Grindelia robusta. Has a pleasant balsamic odour and taste. Dose: fluid extract, 1 fl. drachm; tincture, 1 to 2 fl. drachms.