Medicines : their uses and mode of administration including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan ; with notes and additions, conforming it to the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, and including all that is new or important in recent improvements, by David Meredith Reese.

  • Neligan, J. Moore (John Moore), 1815-1863.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Medicines : their uses and mode of administration including a complete conspectus of the three British pharmacopoeias, an account of all the new remedies, and appendix of formulae / by J. Moore Neligan ; with notes and additions, conforming it to the Pharmacopoeia of the United States, and including all that is new or important in recent improvements, by David Meredith Reese. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Incomp.—The mineral acids; salts of iron and lead ; sulphate of copper; nitrate of silver ; carbonate of potash; lime-water; tartar emetic; and infusions of cinchona, calumba, cusparia, ipecacuanha, opium, &c. Geum ukbanum, radix, D. Root of Geum Urhanum, or Common Avens.—Indigenous ; belonging to the natural fsimWy Rosacece, and to the LinnsBan class and order Icosandria Polygynia. B. C.—Root of many brown fibres ; stem, 6-18 inches high, herbaceous ; leaves green, hairy; flowers yellow, terminal, solitary. P. U. & M. of Prep.—The root; it should be dug up in spring, and dried with a moderate heat. P. P.—Geum root consists of numerous small fibres, proceeding from a root-stalk about two or three inches in length; it is dark- brown externally, reddish internally; has an aromatic, clove-like odour in the recent state, which is lost by drying; its taste is aro- matic and astringent. C. P.—The principal constituents of the root are tannin, resin, and a trace of volatile oil. Th. E.—As an astringent, this root was formerly much employ- ed in various diseases, and still bears a high character in many parts of the Continent; in Ireland, though retained in the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, it is only used as a domestic remedy. D. & M. OF Adm.—In powder, 3ss. to 3i. Decoctum Gei radi- CIS. (Geum root, bruised, §i.; boiling water, Oi.; boil down to f^xij.). Dose, f^ss. to f§i. Incomp.—All substances incompatible with tannin. HiEMATOXYLON, E. HiEMATOXYLUM, L. H^MATOXYLUM CaMPE- cmANUM, LIGNUM, D. Logwood; Wood of Hcematoxylum Campe- chianum.—A native of Campeachy in Central America, now natu- ralized in Jamaica. It belongs to the natural family Leguminosce, and to the Linnaean class and order Decandria Monogynia. B. C.—Stem crooked, about 8 inches in diameter, and 40 or 50 feet high; leaves large, pinnate ; flowers yellow, in racemes. P. P.—The heart-wood of the tree, which is of a dark-red col- our, is alone employed, the bark and alburnum being chipped off. It is imported in billets, which are dense and hard, have a weak, agreeable odour, and a sweetish, astringent taste. C. P.—Logwood contains a peculiar red, crystalline, bitter prin- ciple, which has been named hcBmatin, or hcematoxylin, resin, vol- atile oil, some tannin, acetic acid, and various salts. Hcematin is often found in the fissures of the wood, in beautiful, large, red crys- tals. Logwood yields its active principles to both water and alco- hol ; the solutions are of a fine purple colour, which is changed to violet by the alkahes ; with alum, or acetate of lead, a blue precip- itate is produced; a dark brown, with the salts of iron ; and a red- dish with gelatine. Adultej-ations.—Various red-coloured woods are substituted for logwood, from which they may be readily distinguished by not possessing the same agreeable odour.