VER—VER 
_ elephantiasis, epilepsy, lepra, rabies canina, &c.; and coti- 
sidered. ssteat, whee itn ited—d d it unsafe for 
weak constitutions, for women, children, old men, and 
pulmonary patients—observed it cure, even when it did not 
3 affect the prime vie. Has been used in later times, advan- 
é _ tageously, in mania, in doses of 2 or 3 grains of the ex- 
_ tract. Gesner used it as an alterative, with great success. 
Greeding tried it in 28 cases of mania and melancholy— 
_ cured 5—relieved many more, and on the others it had no 
effect. He used the bark of the root—1 grain; and in- 
creased, ling to its effects—some required 8 grains, 
or even 3j. He also used Stoerck’s extract. In almost 
every case, it acted on all the excretions. A florid redness 
was produced on, the face, and cutaneous efflorescences 
“on the body; in some, eae ge ae, cg were produced, F 
with fever, which required bleeding—critical evacuations 
~*~ also, with profuse sweating, increase of saliva, and mucous 
secretions. Uterine obstructions, of long continuance, 
were removed by it. Has been found useful in epilepsy— 
most useful in scabies, herpes, lepra, &c.; used external- 
ly, as well as internally. Finally, it is a poison, in over- 
ose—a powerful and stimulating irritant, in a proper dose. 
Ts not'a native of this country, as stated in Coxe’s Dispensa- 
tory. 
Veratrum is derived from verare, i, e. vera logui, because it 
turns the mind to a sane from an insane state. 2B 
i Orric. Parr. Detgetum Veratri. L. &. U.S. Tinctura Ve- 
a ratri albi. E. Unguentum Verairi. L. Unguentum Sulph. 
No. 534.—Veratrum viripe. Green Hellebore. — 
% one specimen, Jcff. Coll. No. 724—figure of the root, 
— NO. fc oasis 
- root officinal, by the Pharm. U. S., which directs an ig 
~ ointment and a tincture of it. See Bigelow’s Med. Bot. 
No. 535.—Veratria. Veratrine. 
_ Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 726, 
The alkaline proximate principle of Veratrum sabadilla, and 
Colchicum autumnale, obtained by the analysis of MM. Pel- 
mee s and Caventou. Their tebe) of sabadilla firnished— 
1, A fatty compound, composed of oil, adipocire,.and ceva- 
dic acid; 2, Wax 3 3. Yellow extractive colouring matter ; 
4. Veratrine, aaa with gallic acid an acid salt; 5. Gum; 
_ 6. Woody fibre. The ashes, which were in small quan- 
tity, were almost wholly composed of the carbonate and 
_ Phosphat of lime, with some traces of the hydrosulphate 
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