Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

  • Holmes E. M. (Edward Morell), 1843-1930.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MATERIA MEDICA MUSEUM. ^^The Specimens marhecl * in this Catalogue are under glass shades in the Museum; those marlced f, are on the lower shelves in the . cases. THALAMIFLOR^. EANUNCULAOB^. 1. AcONiTUM Napellus, L. {Aconite, Monkshood, Wolfsbane.) a. Eoot. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 24. h. Seeds. ^ofe.—The fresh root has been mistaken for horseradish. P./.[I], vol. XV., p. 449. It is smaller than that root, dark brown, conical, and has a numbing taste without the pungency of horseradish. See P. J. [2], vol. v., p. 317, forAconella; and P. J. [3], vol. i., pp. 121, 382, for alkaloids ; and Pharmacographia, pp. 9, 10. For cultivation of plant in England, P. J. [1], vol. x., p. 171. For fig. of plant, etc., see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 6 & 21. 2. AcONiTUM FEROX, WalUch. (Wepaul Aconite, Bish or BiMi.) a. Root. b. Stem. Note.^'Root ofi&cial in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. In appearance it resembles Tampico Jalap, but it is more conical, is marked with the scars of rootlets, and of the base of the stem, and is paler internally. The principal alkaloid yielded by this root is pseudaconitine. See P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 293, and for fig., P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 434; Pharmaco- graphia, p. 12. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, tab. 5. 3. ACONITUM HETEROPHTLLUM, Wall. a. Root (Atis or Atees). J^oie.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia as a tonic and antiperiodic. It contains no aconitia. See Ph. Ind., p. 4. Pharmacographia, p. 14. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 7. 4. AcT^A SPIOATA, L. (Baneberrij, Serb Christopher.) a. RMzome. For'micr. section, see PZwc/cti/e?-, Grundlag. Pharm. Waar., p. 76. Note.—The rhizome resembles that of Helleborus niger, with which it is occasionally mixed. It is less branched than the latter, has more numerous transverse lines upon it, and has a cruciate meditullium. P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 109. It is used in America to make a lotion for pediculi. For fig. of Ehizome, see Goelel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxxi., f. 2. 5. AcTiEA RACEMOSA, L. (Black Snalceroot, Bugbane, Blade Cohosh.) a. Rhizome. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 8. ^ote.—Official in the United States Pharmacopoeia under the name of Cimicifuga racemosa. It is used in acute rheumatism and nervous diseases. P. J. [2], vol. ii., pp. 463-464. Pharmacographia, p 16. B
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