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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    G. CoPTis TWFOLiA, Salisb. (Gold Thread.) a. Root. Note.—Official in the United States Pharmacopoeia. A pure bitter tonic like calumba; probably owing its properties to berberia. Wood and Bache, Dispens., p. 326; P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 161. Amer. Journ. Pharm., May 1873, p. 193. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 3. 7. OoPTis Teeta, Wall. a. Rhizome {Ooptis, Mislimi Tito). Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopojia as a tonic. In China it is used under the name of Hwang-lien and Chuen-Uen. See Ind. Pharm., p. 4. PharmacogTaphia, p. 4. Porter Smith, Mat. Med. Chin., p. 126 (art. Justicia). It contains 8J p. c. of Berberine. 8. Delphinium Staphisagria, L. (Stavesacre.) a. Seeds. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 4. h. Oil expressed from the seeds. 9. Helleboeus NIGER, L. (Blach Hellebore, Christmas Rose.) a. Rhizome and rootlets preserved wet. h. Rhizome. Note.—The root of Actaa spicata may be detected by its decoction being blackened by ferric salts. Vide Actcea spicata, and P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 274; Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 17. For fig. of rhizomes of H. niger, see Goehel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxxi., f. 1; and for rhizomes of H. viridis, L., and H. foetidus, L., pt. ii., taf. xxxii., ff. 2, 3. For fig. of H. niger, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 2. 10. Hydrastis Canadensis, L. (Qolden Seal, Yellow Puccoon, Yellow Boot, Oround Easpberry.) a. Rhizome. For fig. of plant, see Bentl. <& Trim., Med. Plants, tab. 1. Note.—Official in the United States Pharmacopoeia. A powerful bitter used in atonic states of the mucous membrane. An available source of berberia, as it contains 4 per cent, of that alkaloid. P. J. [2], vol. iii., pp. 540-546 ; and [3], vol. iii., p. 694. 11. Xanthoehiza apiifolia, Herit. (Yellow Boot.) a. Root. ■ b. Ditto. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. Note.—A pure bitter tonic like calumba, and also containing berberia. Official in the secondary hst of the United States Pharmacopoeia. P. J. [2], vol. iv., p. 12. Specimen h is an authentic one collected by Professor Asa Gray. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 9. MAGNOLIACB^. 12. Deimts WlNTEEi, Forster. (Winter s Barh; Tepper Barh.) a. Bark. Presented by Mr. F. J. Hanbury. b. Section of Trunk. Note.—The section of the trunk formerly belonged to Eobert Brown The bark of Drimys Winteri, var. granatensis, sometimes appears in the English market under the name of pepper bark. The true Winter's bark is known from the spurious drug by its very rough inner surface, by occurring in small pieces, and by being of a red-brown colour. See Cinnamodendron, p. 17 Pharmacograiihia, p. 17.