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.

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    logically allied to atropia. Owing to the difterences in the preparations which have been hitherto used for experiment it is impossible to say more. The plant was formerly much used in irritative conditions of the air passages. There is no ]3roof of its superiority to atropia. Quite recently the pure alkaloid has been recommended in doses of 0*003—0*015 pro die in mercurial and senile trembling (Oumont). On the whole, our clinical knowledge of hyoscyamus is thoroughly imperfect. In ophthalmology an extract of hyoscyamus did more good than atropia in interstitial keratitis and chronic iritis (Dor.). Preparations :— {\.) Extractum Hyoscyami. (The evaporated juice.) Dose, gr. iij.—vj., B.P.; gr. ij.—iij., U.S. (2.) Extractum Hyoscyami Alcoliolicum, U.S. (Hyos- cyamus leaves, alcohol, water, dilute alcohol.) Dose, gr. (3.) Succus Hyoscyami, B.P. (Fresh juice, 3 pts., spirit, 1 pt.) Dose, iss.—j. (4.) Tinctura Hyoscyami. (1 in 8, B.P.; 1 in 7J, U.S.) Dose, lT\xv.—Ix., B.P.; f 3ss.-j., U.S.. (5.) Extractum Hyoscyami Fluiclum, U.S. (Hyoscyamus leaves, glycerin, alcohol.) Dose, TT]^v.—xxx. Stipites Dulcamarse. The young stalks of Solanum Dul- camara (Solanacese), growing wild in Europe. Chief Constituents :— (1.) Solanin [O^^^-^O-^q), which is, however, best pre- pared from freshly picked potato buds, since very little, if any, of it is present in the stalks of the dulcamara. It is a crystalline body with weak basic properties, comporting itself like a glucoside if heated for a long time with diluted acids. (2.) Dulcamarin, also a weak base, with a peculiar bitter, and a sweet after-taste. Action.—Solanin is said to make the breathino; slower,