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

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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$only revealed inflammation and patches of -ulceration in the intestines (Wilms). The root alone is used in Great Britain for the preparation of the tincture, whereas in the U.S. Pharm. only the flowers are ofiicinal. Preparations:— (1.) Tindura Arnicce (1 in 20, B.P.; 1 in 5, U.S.). Dose, 7)].—i]., B.P. ; Ti\x.—XXX., U.S. (2.) Extractum Ariiicce, U.S. (An alcoholic extract.) Dose, gr. V.—X. (3.) Emj^lastrum Arnicce, U.S. (Extract of arnica flowers, giss., resin plaster, giij., melted together). Radix Artemisiae, Pharm. Germ. The root of Artemisia Vulgaris (Compositse). Besides the oil, it contains a quan- tity of an acrid aromatic resin. The powdered root has been long used in epilepsy, and, in fact, it appears to deserve its reputation in cases occurring in women with disturbance of the generative function, and in whom no other cause for it can be discovered (Burdach, JN'othnagel). J^othing whatever is known as yet as to the rationale of its action. The dose is from 1*0—4*0 of the powder suspended in some warm liquid. Crocus, Saffron. From Crocus Sativus, one of the Irideae. The stigmata are dried and used in medicine. They contain a yellowish substance with a bitter taste and an aromatic smell, from which a quantity of sethereal oil can be extracted. Safi'ron is used as a colouring material, and also, like chamo- mile, as a remedy in scanty and painful menstruation. The dose is 0'5—1 -0 in powder, pill, or infusion. In animals, the in- jection of a strong infusion of saffron into the veins produced a rise of temperature of some duration, accompanied by a moderate degree of stupefaction. Crocin is the name given to the isolated colouring matter of saffron. Preparation:— Tindura Croci, B.P. (1 in 20.) Dose, 3ss.—ij., chiefly used as a colouring agent.$