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Felter's Materia Medica on Scilla
SCILLASCILL
... soluble in water; scillin, soluble in water, causing vomiting and numbness; and a bitter glucoside scillain. Preparations.1. Specific Medicine Squill. Dose, 1 to 5 drops. 2. Acetum Scillae, Vinegar......drops. 2. Acetum Scillae, Vinegar of Squill (Squill, 10 per cent). Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 3. Syrupus Scillae, Syrup of Squill. Dose, 10 to 60 minims. 4. Syrupus Scillae Compositus, Compound Syrup of Sq......racts of Squill and Senega, and Antimony and Potassium Tartrate.) Dose, 5 to 40 minims. 5. Tinctura Scillae, Tincture of Squill (Squill, 10 per cent). Dose, 5 to 30 minims. Specific Indications.Chro...1
... soluble in water; scillin, soluble in water, causing vomiting and numbness; and a bitter glucoside scillain. Preparations.1. Specific Medicine Squill. Dose, 1 to 5 drops. 2. Acetum Scillae, Vinegar......drops. 2. Acetum Scillae, Vinegar of Squill (Squill, 10 per cent). Dose, 5 to 20 minims. 3. Syrupus Scillae, Syrup of Squill. Dose, 10 to 60 minims. 4. Syrupus Scillae Compositus, Compound Syrup of Sq......racts of Squill and Senega, and Antimony and Potassium Tartrate.) Dose, 5 to 40 minims. 5. Tinctura Scillae, Tincture of Squill (Squill, 10 per cent). Dose, 5 to 30 minims. Specific Indications.Chro...1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.