Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire.

  • Squire, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States and other foreign pharmacopoeias to which are added non-official preparations and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STRAMONII FOLIA ET SEMINA. STRAMONIUM LEAVES AND SEEDS. The Datura Stramonium cultivated in Britain. The leaves collected when the plants are in flower, dried ; and the ripe seeds. Medicinal Properties. Influences especially the respiratory organs. Much used in asthma; the leaf chiefly by smoking in the shape of cigarettes. The extract and the tincture made of the seeds are used in convulsive coughs as antispasmodics, and as anodynes in gastrodynia and other painful aftections. The extract given with success for hay asthma. Like Belladonna, it causes dilatation of the pupil. Dose.—Of the leaves powdered, 1 gr. and upwards. (In all the Pharmacopoeias.) An Ointment of the fresh leaves, relieves painful cancer, Preparations. EXTRACTXJM STKAMONII. Black. Pack Stramonium Seeds, coarsely powdered, in a percolator, and pass about their own weight of Washed Ether slowly through them, remove the Ether and set aside ; now pour over them Proof Spirit until the seeds are exhausted. Distil off the spirit, and evaporate tbe residue by a water bath to a proper consistence for forming pills. Dose.—5 gr., gradually increasing. (U.S. Belg. and Er. from fresh leaves, also Alcoholic from dried leaves; not in others.) TINCTURA STRAMONII. Light brown. Stramonium Seeds, bruised, I; Proof Spirit, 8 : macerate forty-eight hours with 6 of the spirit, agitating occasionally; pack in a percolator, let it drain, and pour on the remaining spirit. When it ceases to drop, press, filter, and add spirit to make 8. =(1 in 8). Dose.—10 to 20 minims. (U.S. (Austr. seeds ; Belg. Er. from leaves, also Alcoolature with fresh leaves and Spirit equal parts) 1 in 5 by weight; Belg. also Ethereal; not in others.) Ittcompatibles.—The Mineral Acids, Caustic Alkalies, Metallic Salts. Antidotes.—Same as for poisoning with Belladonna, page 59. STRYCHNIA. STRYCHNIA. An Alkaloid C^gHggNgO^ ; or Cc^-JEL^^cP^ ; obtained from Nux Yomica. Discovered by Pelletier and Caventon in 1818. In right square octahedrons or prisms, colourless and inodorous.