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The elements of materia medica : comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicines / by Jonathan Pereira, F.R.S. & L.S.

  • Pereira, Jonathan, 1804-1853.
Date:
1839-1840
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    y mused vomiting, paralysis, without convulsions, and inflammation of the >stomach, small intestines, liver, spleen, and heart. Gmelin observes, as •emarkable, “the extraordinary secretion of bile produced by it, and »which was so considerable that nearly all the intestines were coloured i mellow by it, and the large intestines had a wax yellow colour communi- cated to them,” {op. cit. 90.) It deserves notice, in connexion with this i -fleet, that the sel desopilant of Rouviere, used as a quack remedy to evacuate bile, contains chloride of manganese {Journ. de Chim. Med. iy. 534.) Dr. Thomson has seen an ounce of the sulphate swallowed without nny effect, except the free action of the bowels, (Coupar, op. cit.) Hiine- I .'eld (Horn's Archiv f.Med. Erf. 1830, quoted by Wibmer, Wirk. d. Arzn.) -..rave to a rabbit nearly two drachms of manganesic acid, in three days, in K loses of ten or fifteen grains. The only obvious effect ivas increased secretion of urine. The animal being killed, the peritoneum and external coat of the colon was found of a greenish colour [protoxide of manganese us green], the muscles were readily lacerated and pale, the liver was rin flame cl, the bile increased. Wibmer [op. cit.) gave six grains daily of tthe carbonate of the protoxide of manganese to a rabbit during many -weeks. No disturbance of function was observed. The animal was kkilled, but neither in the blood nor the muscles could the least trace of i manganese be detected. Uses.—It is rarely employed in medicine. Kapp {op. cit.) admi- l uistered it, as well as the salts of manganese, internally as well as exter- inally in the various forms of syphilis. In herpes, scabies, and the scor- Ibutic diathesis, he used it with benefit. Brera (Harless, Neues Journ. d. .Ausl. Med. Lit. Bd. viii. St. 2, S. 57) used it in chlorosis, scorbutus, 1 hypochondriasis, hysteria, &c. Otto {Frorieps Notizen, Bd. xii. No. 22, S3. 347) administered it in cachectic complaints with favourable results. (Odier {Handb. d. pr. Arzneiwiss. quoted by Richter) employed it in (cardialgia. It has been applied as an absorbent in the treatment of (old ulcers, as a depilatory, and as a remedy for skin diseases, especially ;iitch and porrigo (Rayer, Treat, on Skin Diseases, by Willis, p. 58.) Administration.—Internally it has been given in the form of pills, iin doses varying from three grains to a scruple, three or four times in the • day. As a local agent it has been used in the form of gargle, composed - of two or three drachms of the oxide diffused through five or six ounces ' of barley -water. An ointment, consisting of one or two drachms of oxide Ito an ounce of lard, has also been used. In chemistry and pharmacy it is employed in the manufacture of oxygen, chlorine, and iodine. In the arts it is used by the bleacher I for the production of chlorine; by the glass-maker to destroy the brown - colour communicated to glass by iron ; and to give an amethystine tint Ito plate glass ; and by the potter for colouring earthenware. END OF TART I. ■WILSON AND SON, PRINTERS, 57, SKINNER STREET, LONDON.