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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    or pills, several times a day. Long keeping in the shops often renders squill inert. Preparations :— (1.) Acetum Scillce. (Squill, dilute acetic acid, proof spirit, 1 in 8, B.P. ; 1 in 7J, U.S.) Dose, TT|^xv.—xl. ; 11| XXX.—Ix., U.S. (2.) Oxymel Scillce, B.P. (Acetum ScilkTs, 5 pts., honey, 8 pts.) Dose, 3ss.—^j. (3.) Syruinis Scillce. (B.P., Acetum ScillaB, 20 pts., refined sugar, 40 pts.) Dose, 3ss.—^j. (U.S., Acetum Scillse, 20 pts., sugar, 24 pts.) Dose, T7\^xxx.—Ix. (4.) Tinctura Scillce. (1 in 8, B.P.; 1 in 7J, U.S.) Dose, ]\Y. XXX. (5.) Pilula ScillcB Compositci. (Squill, ginger, ammoniacum, hard soap, treacle; 1 in 5, B.P. ; 1 in 7, nearly, U.S.) Dose, gr. v.—x. The SyruinLs Scillce Compositus, U.S., contains senega and tartar emetic in addition to squill. Dose, Hi x.—3j. Ergota. Secale Cornutum. Ergot of Rye. A diseased condition of several of the grasses, especially rye. They are the sclerotia of a fleshy fungus, Clcivicei^s Purpurea, and if planted in moist earth develop into the latter. Its spores, if they fall upon a healthy ear of rye reproduce the ergot instead of the normal fruit. The active constituent has the character of an acid which is readily soluble in water. Hitherto it has only been obtained in an amorphous state (Haudelin, Salkowski). It is formed by the mycelium of the fungus out of the gluten (Buchheim). Two other amorj^hous bodies have been extracted from the secale, Ergotin (Wenzell), and Ecbolin. They have an alkaline reaction, and form amorphous salts with acids. Three different substances have therefore aU received the