A therapeutic arrangement and syllabus of materia medica / By James Johnstone, M.D.

  • Johnstone, James, M.D., of Birmingham, England, 1806-1869.
Date:
1837
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Credit: A therapeutic arrangement and syllabus of materia medica / By James Johnstone, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PART II. ARRANGEMENT OF ANIMALS, VEGETABLES, AND MINERALS, ACCORDING TO THE CLASSES TO WHICH THEY BELONG IN NATURAL HISTORY. MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES £ DERIVED FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, ARRANGED ACCORDING TO CUVIER’S SYSTEM. I.—VERTEBRATED ANIMALS. CLASS.—Mammalia. Order.—Rodentia. CASTOR FIBER.—The Beaver. Officinal.—Castoreum, Castor. Analysis*.—Volatile oil; Castorine; carbonate, benzoate, and urate of lime; resinoid of castor; resinoid, with traces of benzoate and urate of lime ; resinoid extracted by aether ; albumen and phos¬ phate of lime; osmazome, with salts of potassa, soda, and lime; resinoid extracted by water ; sulphate of potassa; carbonate of mag¬ nesia and ammonia and animal matter. Medicinal properties.—Antispasmodic. Order.—P achy dermal a. SUS SCROFA.—The Hog. Officinal.-—Adeps, Hog’s Lard. Analysist.—Stearine; elaine (or oleine). Medicinal properties.—Demulcent, emollient. * Brandes. f Chevreul, Annales de Chimie. 2