A practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics : with special reference to the clinical application of drugs / by John Shoemaker.

  • Shoemaker, John V. (John Veitch), 1852-1910.
Date:
1908
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Credit: A practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics : with special reference to the clinical application of drugs / by John Shoemaker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Natural Order. Name. Synomjm. Scitamineae [continued). Cardamomum, Cardamom. Iridese. Iris, Blue flag. Crocus, Saffron. Palmaceae. Areca, Betel-nut. Aroidese. Calamus, Sweet flag. Gramineae. Farina tritici. MTieat-flour. Avense farina. Oatmeal. Amylum, Starch. Triticum, Couch-grass. Hordeum, Barley. Maltum, Barley-malt. SUBKINGDOM II. CRYPTOGAMS. Natural Order. Name. Synonym. Filices. Aspidium, Male fern. Lichenes. Cetraria, Iceland moss. Litmus, Litmus. Fungi. Ergota, Ergot of rye. Ustilago, CoiTi-smut. Algae. Chondrus, Irish moss. Group III.—Animal Kingdom. Class. Order. Name. Synonym. Vlammalia. Rodentia. Castoreum, Castor. Ruminantia. Moschus, Musk. Serum antidiphtheriticum. Diphtheria antitoxin. Glandulae suprarenales siccae. Dried suprarenal glands. Glandulae thyroidea siccae, Dried thyroid glands. Sevum. Suet (mutton-snet). Adeps lanae, Wool-fat (purified). Gelatinum, Gelatin. Carbo animalis. Bone-charcoal. Fel bovis. Ox-gall. Pachydermata. Adeps, Pppsinum. Aves, Pisces, Tnsecta, Cetacea. Gallinse. Stiiriones. Teleostei (gadidce). Hjiiienoptera, Hemiptera. Coleoptera. Helniinthes, Annelida. Pancreatinimi, Spermaceti, Ovum, Ichthyocolla, Morrhuse oleum. Mel, Cera, Cocciis, Cantharis, Sanguisuga. or hirudo. Lard. Pepsin. Pancreatin. Spermaceti. Egg (of domestic fowl). Isinglass. Codliver-oil. Honev. Wax.' Cochineal. Spanish fly. Leech. In the above comprehensive scheme, which is essentially that of Lander Briinton’s ‘Tharmacology,” remedies are arran<red with reference to their natural affinities, and in this classification relationships are mani- fested which ordinarily might be unnoticed by the student. It will be observed that drugs are derived from various sources, and vary greatly in their properties, physical and chemical. They all agree in one attribute, however, which is of infiuencing bodily functions in such a manner as to