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Physician's Materia Medica on Pink-root (splgella)
PINK-ROOT (Splgella)
The root of SPIGELIA MARILANDICA, Lin. .An .eflicient anthelmintic, producing toxic symptoms resembling those of belladonna if given in excessive doses. It should be combined .with a cathartic or followed by an efficient saline purge.1
The root of SPIGELIA MARILANDICA, Lin. .An .eflicient anthelmintic, producing toxic symptoms resembling those of belladonna if given in excessive doses. It should be combined .with a cathartic or followed by an efficient saline purge.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.