The American dispensatory : containing the natural, chemical, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine, together with the operations of pharmacy / illustrated and explained, according to the principles of modern chemistry.

  • Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864.
Date:
1827
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    called juzam. It is also highly recommended in the bites of venom- ous serpents in large doses of several grains. See Eclectic Repert. vol. iii. p. 324. 6. Arsenous acid, in substance, to the extent of an eighth of a grain for a dose, combined with a little of the flowers of sulphur, has been said to be employed internally in some very obstinate cases of cutaneous diseases, and with the best effect. * ARTEMISIA. 1. Artemisia Abrotanum. D. Southernwood. The Leaves. Syngenesia Superflua. Nat. ord. Nucamentaceae, Linn. Corymbiferas, Juss. Syn. Citronelle Auronne, (F.) Eberante, Staburerz, (G.) This is a perennial shrub, which grows readily in our gardens, though a native of the south of Europe. Southernwood has a strong smell, which to most people is not disagreeable; it has a pungent, bitter, and somewhat nauseous taste. These qualities are very completely extracted by alcohol, and the tincture is of a beautiful green colour. They are less perfectly extracted by watery liquors, the infusion being of a light brown colour. Medical use.— Southernwood, as well as other species of the same genus, particularly the absinthium and santonica, has been recommended as an anthelmintic, and it has also been sometimes used as a stimulant, detergent, and sudorific. Externally, it has been employed in discutient and antiseptic fomentations; and under the form of lotion and ointment for cutaneous eruptions, and for preventing the hair from falling off. But it is at present very rarely used in any way. 2. Artemisia Santonica. E. Santonicum. D. Tartarian Southernwood. Wormseed. The Tops and Seeds. Syn- Sementine, (F.) Tartarisches Beyfus, (G.) Santonico, (I.) ^uvruvtov, Dioscor. The Edinburgh and Dublin Colleges have given this species as the plant which produces these seeds, but it is by no means ascertained. They have been ascribed by different writers to other species of the same genus, the Judaica, the Contra, and the Austriaca, and are even said b}r Saunders to be the produce of a species of Chenopo- dium. The seeds themselves are small, oblong, smooth, and of a green- ish or greyish yellow colour. As the whole head is gathered after the seeds are ripe, they are mixed with the scales of the calices and bits of stalks. Their taste is bitter, and somewhat acrid; their smell strong and disagreeable. Those which come from Alep- po are esteemed the best, and those from Barbary the worst. When * Mr. John Marshall's essay, entitled Remarks on Arsenic, considered as a poison and a medicine, &c. is strongly recommended to the consideration of the reader. Also, Mr. Hill's paper in the Edinburgh Medical Journal.