Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    02 359. Alyxia stellata, B. et S. a. Bark. Presented by Mr. D. Hanbury. Note.—This bark resembles Canella in colour, but is in smaller quills, is fibrous, and has an odour like Tonka bean. It contains benzoic acid. It has been used in Germany for chronic diarrhoea and nervous com- plaints. See Lindl. Flor. Med., p. 532. For fig. see Goebel und Kunze, pt. i., t. xxvi., fig. 7-13. 360. Apocynum androscemifolium L. (Bitter-root, Dog's-bane, Milk- weed.} a. Root. Note.—The root is used in America as an emetic and tonic in chronic hepatic affections. It is official in the secondary list of the U.S. Pharm. under the name of Dogbane. Amer. Dispens., p. 114. 361. Apocynum cannabinum, L. (Indian Hemp.) 'a. Root. Note.—The root is emetic, diaphoretic, and diuretic. It is used in dropsy and uterine congestion. It is official in the secondary list of the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. Amer. Dispens., p. 115. This must not be con- founded with Cannabis Indica, which is also much used in America. 362. Geissospermum Vellosii, Allem. a. Bark. ( Pdo Bereira, of Rio Janeiro.) Note.—This is a very fibrous thin yellow bark ; it is intensely bitter. It was presented by Professor Guibourt. It is said by him to contain an alkaloid, called Pereirine, possessing eminently febrifuge qualities. See Hist, des Drog., t. ii., p. 569 ; Martins. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras., p. 39. For Pereirine, see Watts, Diet. Chemistry, vol. iv., p. 377. 363. Gelsemium semperyirens, Bers. (Yellow Jasmine, Wild Jessa- mine, Woodbine, Carolina Jessamine.) a. Root. For fig. of root, see P. J. [3], vol. vi., p. 521. Note.—This drug consists partly of root, and partly of stem. It is official in the TJ. S. Pharm. It is much valued as a remedy for control- ling nervous irritability in fevers, and for subduing tetanus. In large doses it has proved fatal. See Amer. Dispens., p. 378 ; Lancet, May 24, 1873, p. 731; September 23, 1873, p. 475; Brit. Med. Journ., May 2, 1874, p. 576. For Tincture, see P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 998. For Liquid Extract, U. S. Pharm., p. 159 ; P. J. [3], vol. vi., pp. 481, 561, 601. For fig of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 181. 364. Holarrhena antidysenterica, B. Br. (Oonessi Bark, Tellicherry Bark, Codaga Bala, Gorte de Bala.) a. Bark. b. Seeds. (Anderjoiv.) Note.—The bark is deemed a specific in most complaints of the bowels by the natives of India. It was formerly sent to Europe, but fell into disrepute, probably owing to the fact that a tree extremely similar in appearance (Wrightia tinctoria, R. Br.), yields a bark not possessing the same properties, the bark of which may have been gathered for it. See Ind. Pharm., pp. 137, 455. The bark is of a dirty white colour, similar to that of Alstonia scholaris, but is much denser and not spongy.