10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VERATRINE»
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veratrine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
veratrine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology
1: a crystalline acid prepared from the seeds of Schoenoc aulon offi- cinale (
Sabadilla officinarum); also formed by the decomposition of cevadine (veratrine)
and related alkaloids. 2: ortho- veratric acid, q.v. veratridine (4,9-epoxycevane-3,
4,12 ...
2
Works of the Cavendish Society: Gmelin, Leopold. Hand-book ...
Crystallised or Hydrated Veratrine f — When a dilute solution of commercial
veratrine in alcohol as free as possible from water is evaporated over a water-
bath, part of the alkalo'id separates in the form of a crystalline powder, the
remainder ...
Cavendish Society, London, 1871
3
London Medical and Surgical Journal
Fat mistura cujus capiat cochl. ampl. itertia hora. [Sir Charles Scudamore
prescribes from m xx — xc of acetum colchici, combined with sulphate and
carbonate of magnesia. Essay, April 1835. T.] VERATRINE. The active principle
of colchicum, ...
4
Medical Botany, Or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the ...
Action of Veratrine on Animals. — A very small quantity of acetate of veratrine
thrown into the nostrils of a dog, instantly provokes violent sneezing, which
sometimes continues for nearly half an hour. One or two grains (gr. 0.82 or 16.4
troy) ...
John Stephenson, James Morss Churchill, 1831
5
New remedies: the method of preparing and administering ...
returned, without any evidences of narcosis. As regards acute rheumatism,
Turnbull remarks, that the veratrine is not to be preferred to antiphlogistics : in
these cases, a weaker ointment must be used, (ten grains to the ounce:) in
chronic cases, ...
6
THE MEDICAL QUARTERLY REVIEW
Veratrine. Four substances have been discovered in the seed of the Veratrum
Sabadilla ; namely, veratrine, sabadilline, a gum resin, and veratrin. M. Magendie
has several times treated tic doloureux of the face with success, by sprinkling ...
7
Medical botany: containing systematic and general ...
Veratrine restores the blue of turnsol paper, when reddened by acids. Exposed to
the action of heat, it liquifies at a temperature of 50° (122° Fahr.) above zero, and
has then the appearance of wax ; on cooling, it forms an amber-looking mass, ...
William Woodville, Sir William Jackson Hooker, George Pratt, 1832
8
Annals of Chymistry and Practical Pharmacy
CHYMISTRY, OPERATIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL. Art. II. — Veratrine. Veratrine
belongs to the class of organic alkalies, and occurs in the sted of veratrum
sabadilla, and in the roots of veratrum album, from which it has been disengaged
in an ...
9
The Western Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences
The veratrine answers, moreover, to excite promptly, in cases where it is
necessary, full alvine evacutions: given with this intention, it has succeeded very
well in certain old men, in whom there existed an enormous accumulation of
faecal ...
10
The universal pharmacopoeia; or, practical formulary of ...
These pills replace with advantage those of Bacher. Each of them contains l-12th
of a grain of veratrine. In anasarca, dropsy, &c. Externally. Alcool de Veratrine. F.
de M. Veratrine gr. iv, alcohol, Jj. Dose v\. X —xxv in a draught. Used in frictions.
Henri Milne-Edwards, Pierre Henri Louis Dominique Vavasseur, 1839
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VERATRINE»
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veratrine is used in the context of the following news items.
The Polemics of Padre Pio
He cited documents in which it is inferred that Padre Pio asked a pharmacist for carbolic acid and veratrine but he did not explain that on the basis of other ... «Zenit News Agency, May 08»
Estigmas cuestionados del Padre Pío
Según la misma misiva, el mismo pedido se repitió un mes después, incluyendo cuatro gramos de un calmante llamado veratrine. Al darse cuenta de que no lo ... «BBC Mundo, Oct 07»
