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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Sparteine

SPARTEINE
   Alkaloid obtained from CYTISUS SCOPARIUS, (L.) Link., (Broom. u. v.). Diuretic and cardiac stimulant. Used in the same way as Digitalis, or combined therewith; locally applied in erysipelas. Dose of the sulphate, 0.015 to 0.06 Grm. (1/4 to 1 gr.).1

TONIC PILOCARPINE COMPOUND
   A combination in which the powerful secernant action of Pilocarpine is secured without the depressing effects commonly produced by that remedy. A most eflicient agent in the treatment of anasarca and ascites. Each fluidrachm contains; Pilocarpine Hydrochloride, 1-32 gr.; Strychnine Sulphate, 1-64 gr.; Digitoxin, 1-500 gr.; Sparteine Sulphate. 1/8 gr.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.