A companion to the United States Pharmacopoeia : being a commentary on the latest edition of the pharmacopoeia and containing the descriptions, properties, uses, and doses of all official and numerous unofficial drugs and preparations in current use in the United States, together with practical hints, working formulas, etc., designed as a ready reference book for pharmacists, physicians, and students : with over 650 original illustrations / by Oscar Oldberg and Otto A. Wall.
- Oscar Oldberg
- Date:
- 1887
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A companion to the United States Pharmacopoeia : being a commentary on the latest edition of the pharmacopoeia and containing the descriptions, properties, uses, and doses of all official and numerous unofficial drugs and preparations in current use in the United States, together with practical hints, working formulas, etc., designed as a ready reference book for pharmacists, physicians, and students : with over 650 original illustrations / by Oscar Oldberg and Otto A. Wall. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
![(f fluidounce) alcohol and sufficient distilled water to make the whole measure one hundred cubic centimeters (3-J fluidounces). Let the mix- ture stand five days, shaking- it occasionally; then filter. To get a perfectly clear preparation it is well to first shake it with about four grams (jounce) filter-paper scraps. It is very grateful, and much used as a cooling and cleansing appli- cation. [The Acetum Prophylacticum, or Acetum Quatuor Latronum'* —Vinaigre de quatre voleurs, F.; Vinagre de los cuatro ladrones, Sp.; or Four Thieves' vinegar, was a once celebrated preparation, made from one and one-half ounce each of southernwood, Roman wormwood, crisped mint, rosemary, rue, and sage; two ounces lavender flowers; one- fourth ounce each of sweet flag, cloves, and nutmeg, a»d one gallon vine- gar. Sometimes a little camphor was added, previously dissolved in glacial acetic acid. It is said to have received its name from the fact of four persons, who robbed the dead bodies of the victims of a pestilence in Marseilles, being protected from the contagion by the use of this vinegar.] Achillea. Achillea, Millefolii Bummitates.—Schafgarhe, Schafrippe, G.; Millefeiiille, Serbs aux charpentiers, F.; Milefolio, Milenrama, Sp.; JR'dlleka, Sw.; Yar- row, Milfoil. Origin.—AcJiillea Millefolium, Linn6 (Compositse). Habitat.—Northern hemisphere. Parts used.—The flowering tops and the leaves. Description.—The flower heads are flat, and consist of numerous greenish-white flowers; the leaves are from five to twenty-five centi- meters (3 to 10 inches) long, pointed, pinnately cleft. Odor strong, aromatic, reminding of chamomile ; taste, bitter. Should be free from coarse stems. Constituents.—The flowers contain a small quantity of a blue or bluish-green volatile oil. A different volatile oil exists in other parts of the plant. The bitterness of the drug is due to achillein, which is a glucoside, amorphous, and soluble in water. There is also some tannin, resin, and traces of aconitic acid in the drug. Medicinal Properties.—Achillea is an aromatic, bitter tonic, re-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21070866_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
