Powder of The root

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Source: The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica ... III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia published in 1809 ... Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to the principles of modern chemistry ... by Duncan, Andrew, Jun., 1773-1832; University of Leeds. Library (1811), monograph-offset-1079746-2.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• The root: The narcotic effects of the white hellebore have been found to depend upon Veratria, a new alkaline principle discover- ed by Pelletier and Caventou, and which has been descri- bed in the observations on the colchicum autumnale, in which it also occurs, and which explains so satisfactorily the similari- ty of the effects of these two substances. - Medical use.—The powder of the dried root, applied to an seis occasion

Method as extracted

1. Grind according to the source passage: The narcotic effects of the white hellebore have been found to depend upon Veratria, a new alkaline principle discover- ed by Pelletier and Caventou, and which has been descri- bed in the observations on the colchicum autumnale, in which it also occurs, and which explains so satisfactorily the similari- ty of the effects of these two substances. - Medical use.—The powder of the dried root, applied to an seis occasions violent purging; snuffed up the nose, it proves a strong, and not always a safe, sternutatory. ‘Taken internally, it acts with extreme violence as an emetic, and has been observed, even in a small dose, to occasion convul- sions, and even death. ‘The ancients sometimes employed it in various obstinate cases, and always made this their last resource.

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