A practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics / by Roberts Bartholow.

  • Roberts Bartholow
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1884
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    Ponteland Poisoning Cases. The Lancet, September 22, 1866, p. 337. Routh, Dr. C. H. F. Obstetrical Transactions, vol. viii, p. 290. Ringer and Mttrrell. Journal of Physiology, vol. i, p. 217. Scolosuboff, Dr. Sur la localisation de Varsenic dans les tissus d la svAte de Vusage des Arsenicauz. Archives de Physiol. Norm, et Path., vol. v, p. 563. Sklarek, Dr. W. Archiv fur Anat. und Physiologie, 1866, p. 41. The Physiological Effects of Arscnious Acid. Schafer, P., und Bohm. Ueber den Einfiuss des Arsen auf die Wirkung ungeformtes Fermente. Virchow u. Hirsch, vol. i, 1872. Shulz, Dr. H. Weiterer Beitrag zur Theorie des Arsenwirkung. Archiv fur experi- ment. Pathologie u. Pharmacol., vol. xiii, p. 256. Unterberger, S. Mitgetheilt von Prof. Bohm. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der physiolo- gischen Wirkungen der Arsenigen Saure. Ibid., vol. ii, p. 89. Virchow, R. His Archiv, vol. xlvii, p. 524. Choleradhnlicher Befund bei Arsenik- vergiftung. THE SIMPLE BITTERS. Quassia.— Quassi amer, Fr. ; Quassienholz, Ger. The wood of Picrcena excelsa Lindley ( Quassia excelsa Swartz ; Nat. Ord. Simaru- bacew), U. S. P. Preparations.—Extractum Quassia?. Extract of quassia. Dose, gr. j—gr. iij. Tinctura Quassiai.—Tincture of quassia (10 parts to 100 of diluted alcohol). Dose, f\[ v— 3 j. Extractum Quassim Fluidum.—Fluid extract of quassia. Dose, 17], V 3 SS. Composition.—Quassia-wood contains a crystallizable bitter prin- ciple, neutral, called quassin. Gentiana.— Gentian, gentiane, Fr. ; Bitterwurzel, Ger. The root of Gentiana lutea Linne (Nat. Ord. Gentianacem), IT. S. P. Preparations.—Infusum Gentiana? Gompositum. (Not official.) Compound infusion of gentian. (Gentian, bitter orange-peel, corian- der.) Dose, 3 j— 1 j- Tinctura Gentiana} Gomposita.—Compound tincture of gentian. (Gentian, bitter orange-peel, cardamom, alcohol.) Dose, 3 ss— 3 ij. Extractum Gentiana? Fluidum.—Fluid extract of gentian. Dose, 3 ss— 3 ij. Extractum Gentiana?.—Extract of gentian. Dose, gr. j—gr. v. Composition.—Gentian contains a peculiar principle, gentianine, and an acid, gentisic acid. Gentiana CatesbSBi.—Blue gentian, American gentian. This in- digenous remedy may be used as a substitute for the foreign gentian, and similar preparations to the official formula for gentian, as above, may be prepared from it. Unofficial Formulae.—Mistura gentiana? alhalina. Dilute hy- drocyanic acid, Til iij ; bicarbonate of soda, grs. xv ; compound infu- sion of gentian to oz. j. Mistura Gentiana? et Senna?.—Infusion of gentian, drachms vj ;