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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    292. Aealia nudicaulis, L. {American SoA'scuparilla, Wild or False Sarsaparilla, Small Spikenard.) a. Root. Two specimens. Note.—Official in secondary list of the U. S. P. It is used as a diaphoretic and alterative, like sarsaparilla. Amer. Dispens., p. 124. 293. Panax Ginseno, Mey. a. Root. (Ginseng Boot.) Note.—This specimen was brought from China by Mr. E. Fortune. P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 332. By the Chinese this root is valued at its weight in gold; and most wonderful restorative properties are ascribed to it. Dr. Porter Smith's Mat. Med. China, p. 103. 294. Panax quinqttbfolium, Z. a. Root. (American Ginseng.) Note.—This root is occasionally found accidentally mixed with senega and with serpentary roots. Amer. Dispens., p. 596. Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. V. fig. 1., a, h, c, e. COROLLIFLORiE. OAPRIFOLIACE^. 295. Sambucus nigea, L. a. Section of truiik. I. Bark. c. Ditto, separated from flower stalks. d. Volatile oil, from the flowers. e. Ditto', dissolved in spirit of wine. Note.—The bark is purgative. As sold on the Continent the flowers usually have the stalk attached; but in this country, except in some of the i^rovinces, without them. Treas. Bot., p. 1013. The leaves are used to colour oleum viride and img. sambuci viride, and the juice of the berries to colour artificial wines. For detection of elder juice in wine, see P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 843. For volatile oil, Gviel. Chem., vol. xiv. (1860), p. 368. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 137, 138. An allied species, S. Canadensis, L., is official in the U. S. P. RUBIACB^. 296. Cephablis Ipecacuanha, A. Rich. {Poaya verdadeira, vel de Botica, Brazil.) a. Root. Brown annnlated ipecacuanha. h. Ditto. Blackish grey ditto. Prom Prof. Guibonrt. c. Ditto. Brown non-anmilated. See Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 58, fig. 8b. d. Ditto. Red annnlated ditto. e. Ditto. Reddish grey ditto. Prom Prof. Guibourt. Grey annulated ditto. g. Ditto, with the rings not well developed.