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

  • Martindale, William, 1840-1902.
Date:
1901
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    Belladonna are prepared, also Extract, dote, I to i grain ; Liquid Extract, dose, 1 to 5 minims, and Tincture, dose 5 to 80 minims.— P.J. i889,461,464,466,468,471,500 ; L. ii./Sq 1297 ; B.M.J. i./9o.92. Scopolamine, mydriatic alkaloid, has been obtained from this root, u.p/>.88,281,282. Ita hydrobromide. in transparent rhombic crystals, easily soluble in water, has been employed for ophthalmic purposes, _and this name in P.O. iv. is applied to the salt of the base in B.P, called hyoscine. It may be used in solution one- fifth the strength of atropine solution, and does not cause dryness of throat.—P.J. 1894 (Dec.),oJ5 ; C. and D. i./95,391. Scopolamine hydrobromide]preferred to atropine in ophthalmic practice.-L. ii./93,lo03. Dose, ^ to grain. Scopola japonica, P. Japr—The root of this, known in commerce as Japanese Belladonna, yields an alkaloid, Scopo- line, which is a mydriatic, and produces as much dilatation as atropine in half the time, and effects last longer.—L. ii./84,558 ; B.M. J. i./86,1113. This Scopoline proved to be a mixtiire of atropine, hyoscine (?) and hyosoyamine.—P. J. 1889,46!. Scutellarin.—The dried extract of Scutellaria laferijlora— mad-dog skull-cap. Is of a greenish-brown colour, and is given as a nervous stimuknt. Suggested use in cases of epi- lepsy, chorea, and insomnia; relieved severe hiccough — B.M.J. ii./85,1158. Dose, 1 to 5 grains in a pill. Senecio. Eag^vort. The herbs Senecio Jacobwa and S. aureus are of ancient use as emmeuagogues, and have been successfully employed in amenorrhoea and dysmenorrhcea, especiaUy when depending on chill. Liquid Extract, 1 = 1 of herb. Dose, 20 to 60 minims. Tincture, 1 ,in 10 of proof spirit. Dose, 1 to 3 drachms. Senecin, an extractive principle Dose, 2 to 5 gi'ains in pill.—B.M.J. i./94,679; Pr. liii.52; M.P.C. 1./Q4.431. Does not cause abortion. —M.C. Sept. 97, 412. Two alkaloids—Seneciouiue and Seneciue—are contained in the underground parts of many species of Senecio.—P.J, i./95,1105; ii./95,53.5. S. aureus as a hoemostatic. — PJ i./98,471. Sethia acuminata.—la a vermifuge, especially for round wnrm ; useful for children, as its taste is not disagreeable. l<luid extract, 2 = 1 of leaves. Dose, 20 to 10 minims.—P. J. 1882,818. Has also narcotic properties. Siegesbeckia orientalis —This herb is said to be useful, combined witli potassium iodide, in syphilis and gout The juice 13 healing applied to gangrenous sores. Recommended as a topical appbcation for tinea and thrush —B M J i /St 1304; ii./Sy,508; P.J. ,886, 1047. ' Simulo.—Fruit of Capparis coriacea, from Peru. Ita powder 45 grammes in 500 grammes of sweet wine, of which a mnoglassful was taken every night and morning, cured a case {Dr. Larrea, who narrates it) of epilepsy after he had 14 fits, preceded by a di.'iliiict aura. He has used it much in nervous diseases, hysteria, and epilepsy — L i IBk 722 • B.M.J. i./8i5,1184 ; P.J. i885,8!)n. Cases of epilepsy improved by Its use.—L. i./88,617. For chorea.—Th. Qaz. 1890,692. Soya Hispida.—-Sytt. Dolichos Soja.—The seeds of the 9oy bean are recommended as food made into a kind of bread