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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    cretion. It is chiefly serviceable in cases of ascarides and lumbri- ci, having but little effect on the tape-worm ; indeed, by many practitioners it is esteemed, and not without reason, as the best vermifuge for the lumbrici. D. & M. of Adm.—The legumes are dipped in sirup, and then scraped, so as to remove the setae; this process is repeated with fresh legumes until the sirup acquires the consistence of honey ; of this a teaspoonful is given to a child, or a table-spoonful to an adult, for three successive mornings before breakfast, and the last dose followed by a brisk purge. Nephrodium filix mas, E. Aspidium filix mas, D. L. Male Shield Fern. Indigenous ; belonging to the Linnaean class and order Cryptogamia Filices, and to the natural family Filices. B. C.—Rhizome, or underground stem, large, tufted, scaly; producing in spring beautiful fronds or leaves, pinnate, with oblong, serrated, obtuse leaflets. I'. U. & M. of Prep.—The rhizome ; it should be dug up in summer, cleared of root fibres, &c., but not washed, and dried quickly and thoroughly in the open air without heat, in the shade; the tufts, and those parts of the root-stock which are greenish internally, should alone be kept; they should be reduced to powder imme- diately, and preserved in well-stoppered bottles ; the druggists' stock should be re newed annually, as in two years it loses its medical properties. P. P.—The powdered root is of a greenish-yellow colour, of a rather disagreeable odour, and a nauseous, bitter, somewhat astrin- gent taste. C. P.—It contains a small portion of volatile oil, on which its an- thelmintic properties seem to depend; some fixed oil, fecula, un- crystallizable sugar, gum, and woody fibre. Tii. E.—The powder of the male fern-root is perhaps the most efficacious anthelmintic we possess in the treatment of taenia; and as an indigenous remedy, it is especially worthy of attention. Bremser, however, in his treatise on intestinal worms, states that, though an excellent remedy against Bothriocephalus latus (the tape-worm of the Swiss), it is not so efficacious against Tcenia so- lium (the tape-wrorm of this country). It acts as a poison to the worms, as they are discharged dead in all cases. D. & M. of Adm.—Powder, 3i. to 3iij.; it should be given in the morning early, and followed in two hours afterward by a brisk purge. Oleum Filicis Maris. Dr. Peschier. (The tufts of the rhi- zome are reduced to a moderately fine powder, exhausted with ether and the ethereal liquor distilled.) Dose, min. xx. to min. xxx., dropped on sugar, or made into an emulsion with almond mix- ture ; half of this dose is given at bedtime, and the remainder on the following morning; if it do not purge, an active cathartic should be given in the afternoon of the same day. Petroleum Barbadense, D. L. E. Petroleum ; Rock oil; Bar- badoes tar. A mineral production, found floating on the waters of springs and lakes in several of the West India islands. This substance, though still retained in the British pharmaco- poeias, is altogether discarded from practice. It was formerly em-