The pocket formulary and synposis of the British & foreign pharmacopoeias : comprising standard and approved formulae for the preparations & compounds employed in medical practice / by Henry Beasley.

  • Beasley, Henry
Date:
1877
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    APPENDIX VI. Mateeia Medica. The following list of articles of Materia Medica con- tains those remedies which have been more or less recently introduced into medical practice. For convenience of refer- ence, the order of arrangement—viz. that of placing the Latin title first—has been reversed, and priority has been given to the native or English name. Agave. American Aloe. The Agave Americana. The juice of this plant, after it has undergone fermentation, is said to possess valuable antiscorbutic properties. AiLANTHUS. The inner hark of the Ailanfhv.s GlandiUosa, a common tree growing in Northern Chiua, is said by Dr Dudo-eon, of Pekin, to have been found very successful in dysentery. The natives employ it in gouorrhcEa and spermatorrhoja. Given in the form of infusion. Aeeca Nut. The seed of Areca Catechu (Lmn.), the Betel- nut tree. Imported from the East Indies. Dose in ]iowder, -ss to -f. Said to be more eflective in coarse than lu tine powder. In tapeworm. Also used as a tooth powder. Aboeoba. Arorohapoioder. Bahia powder. Goapoicder. The pith or medulla of the stem and branches of a leo-uminous tree (a species of Centrolohium) graying in Brazil It has been found of essential service in chloasma, herpes circinatus, ringworm, intertrigo, and mentagra. Used in the form of an ointment. (See Lng. Araroba^) Dr Attfield found the powder to contain from 80 to 84 per cent of crysophanic acid, to which substance its remeduU powers are doubtless due. Crysophanic acid is now chiefly obtained from Aroroba. nr ^ Blue Gum Tree (Tlie Tasmanian). Nat. order Myrtacece. The leaves and bark of the ISncalyptus Globulus possess sti.nnlant and antiperiodic properties and have been given with advantage iu intermittent fever, bronchitis, and asthma. In the two latter maladies the leaves maybe ro led into cigarettes and smoked. Dr. Gunbert employs them instead of lint for dressing wounds, and says that, so used.