A treatise on therapeutics : comprising materia medica and toxicology with especial reference to the application of the physiological action of drugs to clinical medicine / by H.C. Wood, Jr.

Horatio Curtis Wood Jr.

Date:: 1876

Credit: A treatise on therapeutics : comprising materia medica and toxicology with especial reference to the application of the physiological action of drugs to clinical medicine / by H.C. Wood, Jr. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$is one to two fluidounces, and a tinchire {Tinctura Ca/ecAt^Catecliu, gui, Cmnamom., Si, to Oj), the dose of which is one to two fluidrachms. KINO-KINO. U.S. The inspissated juice of Pterocarpus marsupium and of other plants. It occui-s in small, u-regular, angular, shining, reddish, brittle fragments, of a bitterish, highly astringent, and, after a time, sweetish taste. There are four varieties,—the East India, West India, Botany Bay, and African. Of these, the first is common, the second rare, and the last two are never seen in our market. Kino contains kino-tannic acid, and in its therapeutic powei-s is almost identical with catechu. The dose is twenty to thirty grains. A tincture {Tinctura Kino, Jvi to Oss) is officinal. Dose, one fluidrachm. H5;MAT0XYL0N-H51MAT0XYL0N. U.S. The heart-wood of Htematoxylon Campechianum, or logwood-tree, a native of Central America. A dense, heavy wood, of a deep reddish-brown color, containing, besides kino-tannic acid, a crystalline principle, Hstmatin or Hxmafoxi/lin, which when pure is yellow, but readily yields red or purple dyes. Hsematoxylon is a mild efficient a.stringent, valued on account of its sweetish taste. It is readily taken by children, but is sometimes objected to on account of the staining of the diapers by the blood-red stools which it produces. The following formula ofiers an efficient and elegant remedy for diarrhoeas of relaxation; the proportions may be varied to suit individual cases: R Ext. hsematoxyli, o'u-] Acid, sulph. aromat., f3iii; Tinct. opii camph., f5iss; Syrupi zingiberis, q. s. ad f^vi. M.—Dose, a tablespoonful, properly diluted. The extract (^Extructum Hsematoxyli) is officinal, dose, ten to thirty grains. KKAMEEIA-EHATANY. U.S. The root of Krameria triandra, a native shrub of Peru. This woody root, as it occurs in our markets, varies from one-fourth inch to one inch in diam- eter, and from half a foot to three feet in length. The readily separable bark is of a deep-reddish color. The internal woody portion is of a lighter hue, although decidedly reddish. The bark contains a much larger percentage of the active principle, kino-tannic acid, than the wood. Khatany is a powerful astringent, similar in virtue to kino and catechu, but is never administered in powder. The United States Pharmacopoeia recognizes an extract (Extractum Krameriee), dose, gi'S. v-x; an infusion {Infusuvi Kramerise, gi to Oj), dose, one to two fluidounces; a si/rvp {Sp-^ipns Kramerise), dose, half a fluidounce; and a fluid extract {Extractum Kramerise Fluidum), dose, twenty drops. The United States Phai-macopoeia recognizes the following astringent vege- table drugs not yet mentioned:$