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advantage in the ‘catarrhal dyspepsia, aceompanied ‘by flatu- 
-lence and want of contractile power in the intestines, which is 
so common m India. In such cases it appears to be -prefer- 
-able to the alkaloid strychnine. As a general tonic in relaxed 
-conditions of the muscular system, and in delirium tremens, 
strychnine is an invaluable remedy. It.is also used with 
advantage as a stimulant of the nervous centres in some forms 
of paralysis after the symptoms of irritation have subsided, 
and in sexual debility. Applied externally, nux-vomica acts as 
an irritant, and if the skin is abraded its active principles may 
be absorbed and give rise to symptoms of poisoning. 
Prof. C. Pavesi (Bolletina Farmaceutica, 1881,) has demon- 
strated the antiseptic properties of the different species of 
Strychnos and their alkaloids, and suggests that the effectiveness 
of the species of Strychnos witok are used in tropical countries 
against fevers and poisonous bites may possibly be owing to 
the antiseptic and anti-fermentative power of the alkaloids. 
‘Lauder Brunton (Practitioner, Jan, | 1888 ,) recommends 
strychnine in sleeplessness due to mental fatigue, caused by 
strain or Worry, as pr eforabie to opium, chloral and bromides. 
He has given > to ~i- grain of the alkaloid, or 5 to 10 
minims of Beckie of nux vomica at bedtime, the dose being 
ee if the patient wake within one or.two hours. 
G. A. Gibson (Practitioner, Dec. 1889,) strongly recommends 
‘the hypodermic injection of strychnine in cases of opium nar- 
cosis, or in any case of narcotic poisoning where there occurs 
rregularity or interruption of the beet ive that appears 
‘ eaten a failure of the RE centre. 
. Description.—The fruit indehi “oe of the size 
‘i and shape of a dmall oran - nik ofa rich orange-yellow colour; 
itis filled with a bitter gelatinous, white. pulp, in which the 
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