The extra pharmacopoeia / by William Martindale ... and W. Wynn Westcott.

  • Martindale, William, 1840-1902.
Date:
1901
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    ; a. large do8ea produce haematuria on aoeonnt of destroy, ing the red blood-corpuscles. The HTDHOOHtoBiDB is in large odourless and colourless hygroscopic crystals, with an acid taste ind reaction, freely soluble in water. Solution 1 in 1 000 of squal parts of glycerin and alcohol, successfid in lupus ring- 7,°^' '^■^^ parasitic sycosis. Strongly irritant.—B.M.J 'ii /88 1123; L. i./89,287; P.J. i888,425 ; C.&D. ii./88.99 ; Th' ^az. 1889,571.614,630; B.M.J. ii./89.1297; Y.B. i8qo,304 ilas a similar action to amyl nitrite iu lowering blood- •nessure.-Pr. xlTii.259. Useful in psoriasis and tiiea ton- oirans: better applied as ointment with lanoline.—B M J I ./9o,1207 ; Th. Gaz. i8go,744. ■ ' ' ' ] Hymenodictyon excelsum.—Inner bark is in Indian harmacopoeia. Is astringent and bitter like cinchona, and is i iTen as a tonic and febrifuge. Contains the alkaloid Hymeno- I ictyomne, and ^sculin.—P.J. 1883,311; 1884,195. Ilndnrjao. Si/n. Inderjao, Tndrajab, Anrlerjoio. Thfi seeds ; nown as Indurjao tulle or bitter Indurjao,' obtained from 1 lolarrhena antidi/senterica and S. pubesceiis, are used in 3018, as also is the bark, as astringents in diarrhcea and :-ysentery, also as febrifuges and anthelmintics. Tincture to b. Dose, i to 2 drachms. ' ^iJllla Helenium.— Elecampane. Root contains Innlin iied to Starch, and Helenin, a stearopteue, in white aeioular y stals with faint odour and aromatic taste, insolulile in water ^•it treely so m alcobol. Is antiseptic, used iu oziena keeps t insects and internally for phthisis, malarial fevers Jantile and catarrhal diarrhoea ; cheeks bronchial secretion' . Jacaranda lancifoliata.—A Columbian plant. The fluid •tract of this, known as Salud, has been recommended for puihs, gonorrhoea, and gleet. J. proeera, J. tomenfosa, and :ier species are known by the name of Caroba in Brazil and ■is3'>7 similar properties.—P.J. 1875,905 ; B.M.J. JIatropha Cnrcas (Curcas purga>is).— FhYsic Nut in armacopceia of India. Yields about 30 per cent, of a fixed -rgabve oil, which has an almond-like taste; 12 to 15 drops ^e the same effect as an ounce of castor oil; externally it 11 _timulant and iu the East is applied locally to increase the retion of milk. Capsules, 10 minims in each. -vava-Ka.va, I. C- AM.-nooto^FipermethysHcum, from the ynesian Islands. Is used by natives as a s'lalogogue and to 'ke a tei-mented dmik. Contains an essential oil, two resins 1 about 1 percent, of a neutral orystalhne principle, Kavalin Methysticin, allied to Piperin. Is a bitter tonic, with eeable taste, stimulates the nervous system, and is diuretic i been found useful for gonorrhcea and gout. Extract' iro-a cohohc 5 to 10 grains. LiquiS Extracri in of alcohols 90 and 45 per cent. Dose, 30 to 60 minims . --- 3 grains extract. Dose, 1 to 3 or 4. Infusion 1 in 32o' n'i ' ^-^^ '886,918,1006,149,608: JUgh more palatable than, is not equal to copaiba or sautal -i-. ii./87,604. Is a local anaesthetic to tongue and eye !r T V'^7,'?F- in gonorrhcea and cystitis. — 1 l.J.ii. i./9i,183, ■'Oromiko.—These herbs, Veronica salicifolia and F parvi ' I, imported from New Zealand, are used (here and iii Chiim 2 I