The elements of therapeutics : a clinical guide to the action of medicines / by C. Binz ; tr. from the 5th German ed., and ed., with additions, in conformity with the British and American pharmacopoeias, by Edward I. Sparks.

  • Karl Binz
Date:
1877
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Credit: The elements of therapeutics : a clinical guide to the action of medicines / by C. Binz ; tr. from the 5th German ed., and ed., with additions, in conformity with the British and American pharmacopoeias, by Edward I. Sparks. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    (2.) Tindura Cannabis Indlcw., B.P., U.S. (Extract of Indian hemp, rectified s^Dirit; 1 in 20.) Dose, J[[y.—xx. The Oriental narcotics, Haschisch and Churrns, are pre- l^arations of Indian hemp. The former represents a variety of extractive matters, &c., the latter consists of the exuding resin. European hemp has scarcely any hypnotic effect. Lactuca, Lettuce. The leaves and flowering tops of Laduca Virosa, B.P., and Laduca Sativa, U.S. (Composite). The juice which exudes on incision when dried forms a mass re- sembling opium and which has a slight narcotic action. This is the officinal Lactucarium Pharm. Germ, and U.S., of which the dose is gT. vij.—xxx. The Extradum Laducce, B.P., is made by evaporating the inspissated juice to a consistence suitable for pills. Dose, gr. v.—x. Preparation:— Syru]jus Laducarii, U.S. (Lactucarium, §j.; diluted alcohol, q.s. j percolate, 3viij. of tincture, evaporate to gij., and add fourteen fluid ounces of syrup.) Dose, 3ij-—iij- Laducin, a neutral crystalline substance extracted from the lettuce, is said not to be the hypnotic principle of the plant. BelladonnsB Folia et Radix. From Atropa Belladonna, one of the Solanacese growing wild in England and Germany. Their chief constituent is Atropia (Cj^IIggNOg), which occurs in crystals of a bitter taste, and combines with acids to form easily soluble salts. In men, when absorbed into the blood in such small quantities as 0*005—0*010 gramme it excites definite symptoms of poisoning. The most constant of these are dryness of the nose, mouth, and fauces, and consequently difficulty in swallowing; dilatation of the pupils with diminution of intraocular pressure, and consequent disturbance of vision; dryness of the skin, which often becomes erythematous,