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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    raises tlie enfeebled blood pressure. This is in accordance with numerous observations on the human subject (John- ston of Shanghai and others). (7.) To diminish intraocular pressure in the most various diseases of the eyes. Preparations—(a) Of the root:— (1.) Linimentum Belladonius, B.P. (Powdered root, 20^ camphor, 1, rectified spirit, 20.) (2.) ExtradumBelladonnce Radicis Fliddam, U.S. (Bella- donna root, glycerin, diluted alcohol; 1 in 1.) Dose, n\ j.—v. (&) Of the leaves :— (1.) Extractum Belladonnce, B.P., U.S., prepared from the young leaves and shoots. Dose, in pill, gr. \—ss. Both the root and the leaves are used externally in Germany in company Avith other narcotic drugs in the form of warm compresses, to relieve pain and spasm. As the unbroken epi- dermis does not absorb any atropia it is probably the warmth which is the most efficient agent in such cases. The same is probably true of the officinal Empla strum Belladonna} and Unguentum Belladonnas. (2.) Tindura Belladonnce. (A spirituous extract of the leaves; 1 in 20, B.P.; 1 in 7f, U.S.) Dose, T([y.—xx. or XXX. The last two preparations are not reliable, owing to the inconstant amount of atropia which they contain. (3.) Emplastrum Belladonnce, (Extract of belladonna, 3 pts., resin plaster, 3, rectified spirit, 6, B.P.; with alcoholic extract of the root, 1, resin plaster, 2, U.S.) (4.) Succvs Belladonnce, B.P. (Freshly pressed juice, 3, rectified spirit, 1.) Dose, 17]^v.—xv. (5.) Unguentum Belladonnce. (Extract of belladonna, 1, lard, ^, B.P. ; U.S., 1 in 8.) (6.) Extradum Belladonnce AlcolwUcum, U.S. (Bella- donna leaves gxxiv., percolated with diluted alcohol, until Ovi. of tincture have passed ; the latter to be evaporated to a proper consistence.) Dose, gr. \—ss.