Dictionary of materia medica and therapeutics : a résumé of the action and doses of all officinal and non-officinal drugs ... / by C. Henri Leonard and Thomas Christy.

  • Leonard, C. Henri.
Date:
1892
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    ALETRIS. AFcoliol AmyPicum* Amylic Alcohol, gtt. 1...3, [c^. 5...15]. Siin: fusel oil; amyl hydrates; alcool amylique, Fr./ amylal- cohol, G. Desc; CsHiiHO; 88; sp.gr. 0.818. A distillate obtained from fermented grain or potatoes after the ordinary spirit has been driven over. Js a colorless, oily liquid with a burning acrid taste and penetrating oppressive odor. Unites freely with alco- hol, ether, oils, etc.; sparingly so with_ water, pissolves phos- phorous, camphor, iodine and many resins. Action: narcotic in large doses; nerve stimulant in small doses. Uses: mostly as an adulterant of other alcoholic liquors. Al^coliol MetliyFicuin* i, Methylic Alcohol, Xlf 5...10, [cgm. 30...60. Syn: wood naphtha; pyroligneous alcohol or spirit; alcool methylique, esprit de bois, Fr.; holzgeist, G. Desc.: CHjHO; 32; sp. gr. 0.798. Obtained from the destructive distillate of wood, which contains about 1^ of it. Is a colorless, limpid liquid, of peculiar odor and warm taste. Bums readily and is Sol. freely in water, alcohol, ether, etc. Dissolves fats, volatile oils, many resins, and calcic chloride. Action: stimulant. Uses: formerly much uted for dyspepsia, catarrh and consumption. Aldeliyd'uiu* i. Aldehyde. Syn: acetic aldehyde; aldehyde ac^tique, Fr.; aldehyd, G. Desc: CjH^O; 44; sp. gr. 0.805. Formed by the oxidation of alcohol, usually by the use of nitric acid. Is a thin, colorless, inflammable liquid; ethereal suflTocating odor, producing spasm of the glottis, arrest of respiration. Sol. freely in water, alcohol, ether, etc. Action: antiputrescent; narcotic; sedative. Uses: used only in the diluted form, (80 TIJ* to ^ i), when the vapor may be inhaled, by placing 1 teaspoonful of this mixture into a pint of hot water, for catarrhal congestions, etc. (See paralde- hydum). AFcornoque* es, gr. 15...30, [rym. 1...21. Desc: This thick, spongy, granular, reddish, inodorous bark at oue time had good repute for curing consumption. It came from South America, but from what tree never was known. It should not be confounded with the cork-tree bark from Spain. Action: astringent; tonic; emetic in large doses. AFetlin* is, Aletrin, gr. 1...5, [cgm. 5...30]. -Desc; impure resenoid from aletris. AFetris* is, Colic Root, gr. 5...15, [cgm. SO...gm. 1]. Syn: Starwort; stargrass; unicorn root; ague root; bitter root; aMtres farineux Fr.; mehilge aletris, G. Hah: U. S. Order: hremodoracece. Part Used: rhizome of aletris farinosa. Desc: rhizome is horizontal, 1 to 1 >^ inches in length, tanering Ysto % inch in thickness, consisting of 4 or 6 indistinct joints;
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