A summary of new remedies / by Thomas M. Dolan.

Date:
1886
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Credit: A summary of new remedies / by Thomas M. Dolan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    C'AXKABINE. Indian hemp yields cannabine and cannabine hydrate: combined with tannin the hydrate forms a staple compound. Therapeutical «sps.—Recommended by Frommelier as a hypnotic, and useful in all cases of insomnia. rrej)aratio7i and dose.—Tannate of cannabine. Dose, 0-1 to 1'3 grammes. Caeoba. The leaves of Jacaranda caroba, a native tree of Brazil, belonging to family, Bignoniaciaj. Therapeutical uses.~lt is used bythe natives for syph- ilitic affections of all kinds, and has the character of an alterative, diuretic, and sudorific. The atten- tion of foreign physicians was drawn to it, and its efficacy substantiated. Edson (Chicago) and Het (Hamburg) bear testimony to its value in syphilitic skin disease, and after conse- quences of the disease. Prej)arations.— UsBA by natives in decoction, 8 grammes of leaves with 360 of water, taken daily. Syphilitic ulcers were sprinkled with powdered leaves and baths taken of the decoction. The iiuid extract is- well known in America. Casca. The bark of Erythrophloeum guinense, a leguminous tree- growing in Guinea. Chemistry.—It contains an alkaloid erythrophlocine._ Therapeutical uses and action.—The powdered bark is a stimulant causing violent sneezing. It exerts an action on heart, and has been used in mitral disease, and cardiac dropsy. Preparation and dose.—The tincture—1 to 10 of recti- spirit—may be given in doses of 5 to 10 minims. Cakdol, C42 Hat O4. An oily fluid obtained from pericarp of Anacardium occidentale—Cashew nut. It is a vesicant. Physiolor/ical action.—When applied to the skin a slight- burning sensation is first perceptible. After a few hours the skin becomes white, surrounded by a red- dish circle, afterwards followed by the raising of vesicles. It excites hyperasmia of skin.