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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    common, but is now completely abandoned. Dose of the powdered root, 01—0-3 (!) gramme. Veratri Viridis Hadix, American Hellebore root The dried rbizome of Yeratrum Yiride (Melanthacece), growing in marshy districts in the United States and Canada. It is much used in America as an antipyretic and arterial sedative, in fevers and acute inflammations. In its action on the heart it resembles aconitia. Great vascular and nervous depression may be produced by its incautious use. Preparations:— (1.) Tindura Veratri Viridis. (Strength, 1 in 8, B.P.; about 1 in 2, U.S.) Dose, lT|^v.—xx., B.P.; TT]^iij.—viij., U.S. The effect on the pulse should be carefully watched. (2.) Extractum Vei^atri Viridis Fluidum, U.S. (Powdered hellebore, stronger alcohol; 1 in 1.) Dose, n]^ij.—iv. Herba Pulsatillae, Pharm. Germ. Derived from Anemone Pratensis and A. Pulsatilla (Eanunculaceae). It contains the crystalline body Anemoj/in (Pulsatilla Camphor), a chemically indifferent substance, which in doses of 0*5—0*6 gr. causes death in rabbits ; and also an acid. The plant paralyses the medulla oblongata and spinal cord, and excites irritation of the digestive tract and the kidneys (J. Clarus). Use.—In catarrhs of the air passages complicated with spasmodic cough, and in various rheumatic and dyscrasic conditions. A tincture made from the fresh leaves is much praised as a remedy in spasmodic amenorrhoea. On the whole we have very little scientific knowledge of the value of pulsatilla. Rhizoma Veratri. Radix Hellebori Albi, from Veratrum Album, one of the Colchicum order, which grows in mountain pastures, especially in the Alpine districts. Its chief constituent is Veratria (0321152^^303), which