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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    (7.) Suppositoria Belladonnm, U.S. (Alcoliolic extract of belladonua.) gr. ss in each. Preparations of Atropia :— (1.) Atropice Sidp)lias. Easily soluble in water and alco- hol. Taste bitter. It is made by acting on the alkaloid with dilute sulphuric acid. It is the only preparation of Belladonna in ophthalmic use, and deserves the preference also for internal administration. Dose, internally, from 0*0005—0*001 ; exter- nally, a few drops of a solution of 0-05 in 20*0 water. {Vide also preparations of Sulphate of Atropia further on.) The dilatation of the pupil is much more decided if the salt is applied locally than if it be given internally. Samples of the sulphate which contain an excess of acid, must be rejected, as they cause pain and irritation of the conjunctiva. (2.) Liquor Atropice Sidphatis, B.P. (Sulphate of atropia, gr. iv., distilled water, §j.) Dose, TT]^j.—ij. (3.) Liquor Atropice, B.P. (Atropia, gr. iv., rectified spirit, 3j., water, 3vij.) Dose, H^^j. (4.) Ungiientum Atropjue, B.P. (Atropia, rectified spirit, lard; 1 in 60.) Atropia has been much used subcutaneously in treating certain neuroses, but owing to the severity of some of its attendant phenomena, and especially of delirium, it is neces- sary to employ it in this way lolth the utmost caution. PiUs containing opium, belladonna root, and some sethereal oils, have lately been introduced, under the title of Plhdce Odontalgicce—tooth j^itts. They are to be pressed as firmly as possible into carious aching teeth, after the cavity has been made as clean as possible. Probably the narcotics which the piDs contain arrest the toothache, and the sethereal oils decomposition and decay.