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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Materia Medica and Therapeutics. The abbreviations and signs used in the following Dose List are the following: [ ] Doses in Brackets are according to the Metric system: gm. standing for grammes, and cgm. for centigrammes; mgm. for milli- grammes. * An (*) asterisk after a drug shows it is non-officinal. ... Leaders (...) separate Medium from Maximum doses. Syn., stands for Synonyms, or terms used for the same drug. Hab., stands for Habitat, or country where found. Synerg., Synergists, or remedies assisting tlie drug's action. Anlag., Antagonists, or remedies antagonizing the drug's action. /Ca/tc Letters following a name show the genitive or prescription case-ending of the term. O. stands for German, Fr. for French, in the synonyms. Ab'ies lis Balsam^ea* ce, Balsam of Fir. Hab: Canada and Northern U. S. Part used: the bark. Action: stimulant, diuretic, anthelmintic, and in large doses cath- artic. Uses: in gonorrhoea, gleet, vaginitis as injections; internally in bronchial and bladder troubles. Extrac^tum 1 flu^idum*i, 3 [gm. 2...4]. Ibro'iua CB Adjus'tum* i, 5 }4, [gm. 2]. Hab: India. Is the viscid white juice of the bark of the plant s root. Uses: in dysmenorrhcea, by the natives. Absin-'tllium r, Wormwood, 9 1...2, [gm. 1...3]. Syn: absinthe commune, Fr.; grande absinthe, Fr. ■ wer- muth, O. Hab: Northern Africa and Asia; mountainous ^urope. Part used: top and leaves of artemesia absinthium. Vesc: has a strong aromatic, not agreeable odor; a persistent and intensely bitter taste; coarse stems should be rejected Action- bitter tonic; aromatic stomachic; febrifuge; anthelmintic. Uses ': in atonic and flatulent dyspepsia; worms; fevers. Locally: as a stimulant to indolent ulcers. Incomp.: ferric and zincic sulphates • plumbic acetates; argentic nitrate. Extrac'tnm*, gr. 5...15, [qm. 0.5...1]. Extrac'tum flu'idum* 1^ 15...40, [gm. 1...31. Oaenm*i, Hp I...5, [cgm. 5...30]. Tinctu^ra*fe, 3 '^...2, [gm. 2. .4]. Tinctu'ra composlta^ cc, 3 1...4, [gm.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21508665_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
