Thomson's Conspectus of the British pharmacopoeias.

Anthony Todd Thomson

Date:: 1852

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$RUTJE OLEUM. L. E. See Oleum Rutce. SABADILLA. E. Sabadilla Seeds. (Helonias Officinalis. Polyga- mia Moncecia. N. O. Melanthacece. Mexico.) Prop. Seeds elongated, pointed, inodorous, taste bitter, acrid ; (in small capsules, three together). Comp. Gallate of veratria, cevadic acid, elaine, stearine, wax. Oper. Cathartic, excitant, anthelmintic. Use. In cases of taenia and ascarides on the Continent, seldom in Eng- land ; used in the form of powder to destroy pediculi. Off. Prep. Veratria, E. SABlNA. L. E. D. Savine Leaves. (Juniperus Sabina. Dicecia Monadelphia. N. O. Coniferce. Siberia. Prop. Odour strong, disagreeable ; taste hot, acrid, bitter j depending on an essential oil. Oper. Stimulant, diaphoretic, emmenagogue, anthelmintic, escharotic. Use. In amenorrhcea, with a languid pulse, but they require to be cau- tiously administered ; in worms, and in gout. Externally, the powder is applied to old ulcers, carious bones, &c. ; and the infusion, as a lotion, to gangrene, scabies, and tinea capitis. Dose. Gr. v. to gr. x. of the powder. Off. Prep. Oleum Sabina, L. E. D. Ceratum Sahince, E. Unguentum Sabina, L. SABlNiE OLEUM. See Oleum Sabince. SACCHARI F^X. L. E. Treacle. The impure prepared juice. Oper. Laxative, preservative, nutritive. Use. As a diet for children ; to preserve meat during long voyages ; to make pills. SACCHaRUM. L. D. E. Commune, E. Officinarum, D. Purificatum, D. Purum, E. Sugar. (Saccharum Officinarum. The Sugar Cane. Triand. Digyn. N. O. Graminacece. Egypt. 1L.) Comp. Oxygen 50 8, carbon 42 85, hydrogen 6*35 parts=100'0. Hydrate of Carbon (C6 H6 06.) Prop. In its pure state it is inodorous ; taste perfectly sweet, of a brilliant white colour, hard ; when impure it has a peculiar taste and flavour arising from extract, mucilage, and oil; in shining grains of a yellow colour. Sugar is soluble in its own weight of water at 60° ; also in alcohol; it is decomposed by the strong acids ; but unites with lime and the alkalies ; boiled with water it forms a syrup. Oper. Nutritive; the impure is laxative; externally the refined is es- charotic. Use. Seldom given internally with a medical intention, unless to con- ceal the unpleasant taste of some medicines. It is said to be a pre- ventive of worms. Externally it is applied to fungous ulcers. Hurt- ful to bilious and hypochondriacal habits and dyspeptics. Off. Prep. Syrupi Omnes, L. E. D. SAGAPENUM. L. D. Sagapenum. (Plant unknown, supposed to be the Ferula Persica, Willd. Brought from Alexandria.) Comp. Gum-resin, volatile oil. Prop. Odour foetid, alliaceous ; taste pungent, bitterish, nauseous ; in small agglutinated masses of a yellow colour ; tenacious, breaking with a horny fracture. Oper. Antispasmodic, emmenagogue. Use. In hysteria, chlorosis, and the same cases for which assafcetida is given, but to which it is inferior. Dose. Gr. v. to gr. xx. in pills. Off. Prep. Pilula Galbani Composita, L. SAGO. L. E. D. Sago. (Sagus lecvis Rumphii, Cycas Circinalis, and other species of palm. Moncecia, Polyandria. N. O. Palmce.) A modification of starch, containing traces of chloride of sodium. Oper. Demulcent and nutritious. Use. As an article of diet in fevers, &c. SALICIS CORTEX. E. Salix ; Cortex. Willow Bark. (Salix Ca-$

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