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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    Preparations:— (1.) Tinctura Lohdice JEtherea, B.P. (Lobelia, spirit of sether; 1 in 8.) Dose, TT]^x.—xxx. (2.) Acetum Lohelice, U.S. (Lobelia, in powder, diluted acetic acid; 1 in 7J.) Dose, IT^v.—Ix. Its efficiency seems to be partly dependent on the con- ditions nnder wbich the plant is grown; at any rate, the reports founded on the use of the cultivated variety in Germany cannot be trusted, while those which deal Avith the wild American plant are more reliable. [ Gelsemii Radix, U.S. The root of Gelsemium Sempervirens, Carolina Jessamine, growing on the southern coast of the United States. The so-called root consists chiefly of the underground stem and a small proportion of true root. It has a bitter taste, and agreeable flavour. An alkaloid, Gelsemin, has been extracted from it, and appears to be the active principle. Action.—Administered to animals in the form of a tinc- ture, it paralyses the motor centres of the brain as well as the respiratory centre in the medulla oblongata. Sensibility remains intact, and the irritability of the muscles and motor nerves is retained. Death is produced by paralysis of the respiration. Gelsemium dilates the pupil owing to paralysis of the circular fibres (Bartholow). Use.—(1.) To control nervous irritability in fevers. (2.) In neuralgia, especially when involving the dental branches of the fifth nerve. (3.) In various spasmodic affections, dysmenorrhoea, &c. (4.) Externally, to paralyse the accom- modation instead of belladonna, as the efiects pass off much earlier than in the case of the latter (Tweedy). Preparation :— Extradum Gelsemii Fluidum, U.S. (An alcoholic extract