60 A COMPENDIUM OF 
grams); dose of pure emetine, 1.8 of a grain 
(0.008 gram) repeated at proper intervals. The 
officinal preparations of ipecac, or those in 
which it enters, are fluid extract, wine, syrup, 
troches, pills, ipecac cum scilla, pulvis ipecac et 
opti, and troches morphia et ipecac. The pow- 
der when inhaled is apt to cause unpleasant 
symptoms of the breathing apparatus, and has 
been even known to produce vomiting in those 
particularly susceptible toitsinfluence. I know 
of one case in which a physician had alarming 
symptoms of asthma when within fifty feet of 
where the jar of ipecac was being opened. For 
further account see page 813, United States Dis- 
pensatory. 
Jateorrhiza Calumbz. Calumbo or Caium- 
.-—Natural order Menispermaceze, Native of 
Eastern Africa, between the Ibo and Oibo riv- 
ers and the banks of the Zambesi. Calumbo is 
a lofty perennial plant, covered by a pubescence 
from stem to leaf; leaves orbicular and some- 
what cordate in shape, particularly at the base, 
with five to seven lobes, and somewhat wavy, 
with long petioles; calyx six parted; flowers 
small, with six petals; six stamens, with three 
ovaries united at the base; fruit, a small berry 
about the size of a hazel nut, and very hairy; 
flowers have a greenish tinge. It is said that 
the stems are annual, whilst the root is the pe- 
rennial part of the plant. The root is the only 
part of the plant used in medicine. Calumbo 
Toot 1s composed of several fleshy, spindle-shaped 
offsets. Occurring in the stores in nearly cir- 
cular disks, having a diameter of one to two 
inches (25 to 50 millimeters), of a yellowish- 
