Observations on the properties of foxglove and the best manner of administering that plant / by C. Labelonye.

  • Labelonye, C.
Date:
[1865?]
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Credit: Observations on the properties of foxglove and the best manner of administering that plant / by C. Labelonye. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ It is likewise employed with great success against hemoptysis, ner- vous bronchitis, asthma, and catarrh, in a word, against all derange- ments of the circulation.” The legality of the sale of my Syrup and Granules of Foxglove, their efficacy and superiority over all other preparations of the kind have been established by several judgments of the Imperial Courts of France, given on the authority of reports made by commissions appointed for the pur- pose and composed of the most eminent members of the scientific world. 1 will cite only a recent judgment of the Imperial Court of Toulouse : “ Whereas the Codex (Official Pharmacopoeia) contains a formula for the preparation of Syrup of Foxglove; “■ Whereas, independently of this formula there exists another, by means of which the Syrup of Foxglove known as Labelonye’s is obtained; “ Whereas Lhe latter has been inserted in several medical and pharma- ceutical publications, and its efficacy has been attested by the declara- tions of the most respectable physicians and by its extensive use in prac- tice; “ Whereas, however, that fact would not suffice to prevent its sale from being an infraction of the law, if the said Labelonye’s Syrup of Foxglove, were in reality quite different from that obtained by the for- mula in the Codex; “But as it results from the evidence produced and the analyses made that the essential and constitutive principles of Labelonye’s Syrup are identical with those indicated by the Codex ; that both these syrups are composed of one and the same substance, an extract of Foxglove; and that to this substance alone both Syrups owe their therapeutic properties; while the difference between these two Syrups lies altogether in the manner of obtaining the substance composing them, viz. the active prin- ciples of the Foxglove plant; “ Whereas the difference in the means of extraction changes nothing in the essential principles of the remedy or in its virtues; “It is evident that l^abelonye’s process only deprives the Syrup of its disagreeable smell and acrid taste , at the same time that it secures greater uniformity in its composition and certainty in its effects ; ce Consequently, far from constituting a new and secret remedy, the present investigation has proved that Labclonye’s Syrup is only an ame- liorated and improved form of an authorized medicament, and as such is not amenable to the provisions of the law against secret remedies.” The legality of the sale of the Granules was established by a judgment of the Imperial Court of Pau in November IBM. They possess the same properties as the Syrup, as they are composed of exactly the same elements; but being dry, instead of liquid, they are more convenient to carry, less liable to loss from breakage, and will keep good for any length of time. They consequently present great advan-