Ledgend of Medicine

ABIES (Tsuga canadensis)^TSCA
   The bark and prepared resinous exudate of Tsuga canadensis, Carriére (Abies canadensis, Michaux; Pinus canadensis, Linné). (Nat. Ord.... / ...ch 'there is an excess of mucous secretion. As a remedy for passive hemorrhages it has little to commend it, though it is not wholly without effect, acting much like but with less power than the oil o... / ...by a feeble and relaxed state of the uvula and fauces. ²

ADONIS VERNALIS
   ...e are applicable, or in which for some reason it is undesirable to employ them. It is especially commended where arryrthmia with feeble cardiac force and dyspnoea and dropsy are present. It has long b......iac valves are greatly affected. Scudder valued adonis in heart-strain from overexertion; Hale recommended it in endocarditis and in weak and irregular heart action resulting from chronic nephritis. W...²

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM
   ...scharges was the best way to relieve headaches and certain catarrhal affections. Again, it was recommended in diaphoretic doses, for the relief of intermittent and remittent fevers, and in pneumonic i......ing to cathartic doses. Consequently it finds little use as a cathartic, except very rarely as recommended by Goss, for the removal of ascarides. To use apocynum intelligently and successfully, the pr...²

ARALIA RACEMOSA
   The root of Aralia racemosa, Linné (Nat. Ord. Araliaceae). Found in rich woodlands and rocky situations in the eastern half of the United States. Common Names: Spikenard, American Spikenard,... / ... for it, but outside of its good effects upon the respiratory and renal mucosa it has nothing to commend it. ²

ARISÆMA TRIPHYLLUM
   The fresh corm of Arisaema triphyllum, Torre (Nat. Ord. Araceae). Common in damp woods and wet situations in North and South merica. Common Names:... / ...calcium oxalate present. Milk mitigates the distressing sensation. Therapy.—Arisaema has been recommended for a variety of disorders, chiefly of the respiratory tract, and as a stimulant in low forms... / ...may be given in drop doses every half to one hour, and a throat wash of one drachm of the tincture to a half glass of water may be used freely. ²

ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA
   The root of Asclepias syriaca (Asclepias Cornuti, in the original), Decaisne (Nat. Ord. Asclepiadaceae). Common in rich soils throughout the... / ... like macrotys. Constipation is said to be favorably influenced by it, and in full doses it is recommended to expel intestinal worms. The drug deserves study. The young “shoots” or turiones are a fa...²

GALIUM^GAPO3
   The herb Galium aparine, Linné, and other species of Galium (Nat. Ord. Rubiaceae). Common in moist grounds in Europe and the United... / ...isely claimed as a remedy for carcinomatous growths. Galium tinctoria is aromatic and has been recommended in the spasmodic cough of asthma and chronic bronchitis. The best use for these drugs is as d...²

HYDRASTIS^HYDRA2
   ...ts, the colorless preparations are preferred. Lloyd's Colorless Hydrastis in particular is to be commended, for it is both non-staining and nonalcoholic and has almost completely replaced the formerly......valued by some as a topical reducer for chronically enlarged tonsils, but. like most medicines recommended for that purpose it fails far oftener than it succeeds. Hydrastis is universally admitted to ...²

HYOSCYAMUS
   The leaves and flowering or fruiting tops of Hyoscyamus niger, Linné (Nat. Ord. Solanaceae). Europe; naturalized in waste places in the United... / ... similar to those named under belladonna for diagnosis, and the treatment is the same as there recommended. Therapy.—According to the dose in which it is administered hyoscyamus is a cerebral stimula... / ...conditions best. Hence its value in nervous headache, the headache of debility, the vague pains of so-called chronic rheumatism, idiopath²

JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS
   The fruit (berries) of the Juniperus communis, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cupressaceae). An evergreen tree of Europe and America. Common Names: Juniper,... / ...used with judgment and caution. No preparation of juniper should be given in doses larger than recommended above, as suppression of urine, strangury, hematuria, or even uremic convulsions may result f...²

MEL
   A saccharine substance deposited in the honey comb by the Apis mellifera, Linné or Honey Bee (Family Apidae). Common Name: Honey. Description.—A... / ...ritated conditions of the fauces. Honey of borax and honey of rose are preparations frequently recommended for aphthous ulcers of the mouth and female genitalia. Our experience has led us to regard ho... / ...It is sometimes incorporated in cough mixtures as an agreeable demulcent, and is occasionally used to allay irritation of the urinary passages.²

OLEUM TEREBINTHINAE RECTIFICATUM
   Rectified Oil of Turpentine, Rectified Turpentine Oil. Description.—A thin colorless liquid corresponding to the properties described under Oleum... / ...d for small burns and scalds, but as this method is painful and absorption great it is not to be commended. Liniments containing turpentine may give relief to inflamed joints in acute articular rheuma...²

PULSATILLA
   The recent herb of Anemone Pulsatilla, Linné, and of Anemone pratensis, Linné, collected soon after flowering (Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceae).... / ...luted one-half with water, is applied besides giving the drug internally. This treatment is also commended as “especially useful in inflammations caused by dead teeth, and the inflammatory, painful, ...²

STROPHANTHUS^STROP4
   The dried ripe seeds of Strophanthus Kombé, Oliver, or of Strophanthus hispidus, DeCandolle, deprived of their long awns (Nat. Ord. Apocynaceae).... / ...hich case the drug must be used with extreme circumspection, though in small doses it has been recommended by some as a remedy for cardiac fatty degeneration, as it has also in atheroma of the arterie... / ...“It has been reported useful in cases of mitral regurgitation with dilatation; mitral stenosis with regurgitation; regurgitation wi²

XANTHIUM
   The whole plant of Xanthium spinosum, Linné (Nat. Ord. Compositae). An introduced weed common along the coasts of the United States. Dose, 5 to... / ...hiefly as a soothing diuretic, to allay irritable conditions of the bladder, and is especially recommended in chronic cystitis and haematuria. It is frequently used in conjunction with tincture of red... / ...indication for the drug.²

EYEBRIGHT^EUPHR
   The herb, EUPHRASIA OFFICINALIS, Lin. Mildly astringent. Has been recommended as a “specific” in acute coryza, given in small, frequently repeated doses.³

PELLETIERINE
   Alkaloid obtained from POMEGRANATE, q. v. An emcient teni cide. The salt most used is the Tannate. Ordinary dose, 0.3 Grm. (5 grs.}, to be followed in two hours by a purge. [Much larger doses, up to 1.3 and 1.5 Grm. (20 and 24 grs.) are recommended by some, but serious effects have followed the use of such doses].³

WHITE ASH^FRAM2
   The bark of FRAXINUS AMERICANA Lin. Tonic, cathartic, febrifuge, antiarthritic; a vaso-motor stimulant. Has been recommended in uterine diseases dependent upon plethora.³

ASPHYXIA
   Perform artificial respiration, persisting in the effort at least half an hour, alternating the Sylvester movements with tongue trac tion as recommended by Laborde. Intravenous injection of ammonia may start heart’s action.³

ERYSIPELAS
   Antipyretic remedies as indicated; tincture ferric chloride, 30minims four times a day, internally; locally Iodosyl ointmen ichthyol ora combination of ichthyol with resorcin; applications ol solutions of picric acid (3 grs. to the fl. oz.) or, as recommended by Higginbottom, silver nitrate (120 grs. to the fl. oz.). Antistreptococclc serum.³

HEMATURIA
   For hemorrhage from the bladder, the most eflicient remedies are fluid extract ergot, oil erigeron, gallic acid, cannabis indica and camphor (5 to 10 gr. doses). Astringent injections are not to be ad vised except in extreme cases, but epinephrine hydrochloride may be used thus. In malarial hematuria, sodium hyposulphite is recom mended, 5 to 15 grains four or five times a day.³

SCIATICA
   General treatment for neuralgia. Hypodermatic iniections of atropine in heroic doses (1-20 grain) is highly recommended by some to cut short the attack. Others advise acupuncture or local massage or the ether spray, applied daily, or the hypodermatic use of morphine or of chloroform. In any case the hot water bottle and liniments of chloroform, aconite, methyl salicylate and menthol are remedies of value.³