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

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    MATERIA MEDICA MUSEUM. The Specimens marked * in this Catalogue are under glass shades in the Museum; those marked t» are m lower shelves in the cases. THALAMIFLORiE. RAITONCULACEiE. 1. Aconitum Napellus, L. {Aconite, Monkshood, Wolfsbane.) a. Root. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 24. b. Seeds. Note.—The fresh root has been mistaken for horseradish. P. J. [1], 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. L, pp. 121, 382, for alkaloids ; and Pharmacographia, pp. 9, 10. For cultivation of plant in England, P. J. [l],vol. x., p. 171. For fig. of plant, etc., see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 6 & 21. 2. Aconitum ferox, Wallich. (Jsfepaul Aconite, Bish or Bikh.) a. Root. b. Stem. Note.—Boot official 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). Note.—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^ia spicata, L. (Baneberry, Serb Christopher.) a. Rhizome. For micr. section, see Fluckiger, 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 meditulhum. P. J. [2], vol. hi., p. 109. It is used in America to make a lotion for pediculi. For fig. of Khizome, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxxi., f. 2. 5. Act^ia racemosa, L. (Black Snakeroot, Bugbane, Black Cohosh.) a. Rhizome. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 8. Note.—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