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time had become slightly swollen as far up as the elbow. We were called to see 
the patient some six hours after and found him suffering most excruciating pain. 
The entire arm and hand were swollen to an enormous size and greatly discolored. 
Temperature of arm, 103 degrees. We encased the entire arm and hand in ab- 
sorbent cotton and ordered it to be kept wet with the following : 
JSON Kalle eee Cee ee Re on cr EOE EES Gin OE ounces 4 
UML ANCL AC Uy Chen Ris Fe oar 05) ocars . CATS tox reds vata tiie Aiea NR ogee ounces 12 
Internally we gave him: 
TS CMEC AL Ee are ENS Cee Deets cuneate od pitence drachms 2 
ANG (OEY ES UES EEC ie ow eg rer eam ee kate sy a ounces 4 
Sig.: One teaspoonful every half-hour for two hours; then every hour. 
We watched this case carefully, and as we wished to give echafolta a fair test 
we prescribed nothing but this drug. 
End of thirty minutes, patient free from pain; temperature, 102. 
End of two hours, swelling subsiding; temperature, 100. 
End of four hours, swelling entirely gone; temperature normal. 
End of six hours, the external application was discontinued, but the internal 
treatment continued until the prescription was exhausted. 
Echafolta appears to bea liquid extract of Echinacea. Professor Lloyd, in sum- 
ming up the value of the drug, says: ‘‘In Echinacea the medical profession has 
unquestionably a conspicuous remedy; one that a careful test of eleven years in- 
duces me to believe is destined to assume an important place in the materia 
medica.’’—Hclectic Medical Journal, August, 1897. 
A minute description of the chemical analysis need not be given, but below 
will be found a table showing the results of this, giving the constituents and pro- 
portion of same in percentages. 
MIONEOE sin ARTSY Chav HA sem como Sache sd ee Oe eo oe ae 33.7 per cent. 
PEN Me eS Oa ce Pe ee ae Sina otek ahold. - .38 ee 
Solubility of ash in: 
VAY DUKE ie ches hats CAR Uy RE ee CE Rte een oe 37.0 per cent. 
TROT kee hated ce, teh swale eter alana Sa Soc Sp age an 44.3 gs 
IN A OEE Peceey soe stro eet Nae te OMe ra ST VS 17.65 $6 
Imgolblesesicht Gayy seta cesar sie ci eh eased Sere 1.05 a 
Petroleum spiritjiextracteaacmmene: asc eaec. chat erne 1.408 ie 
JH VETER EN AEKCLAN IG erucire cle. cte ee rhe tere SAO Meme peat 1.996 ut 
Solubilities of other extractives in: 
NNVGUS eee on choca maortickcno Lic eae eines ain IRIE a eon 18.837 per cent. 
AU COMO aN geysute cee sian cin peri oreo ha crn ine kia ene ee OOS oe 
linSsolwoleynesidueeya ccs anys ie ras = cies eat evoveleta ts 23.855 fs 
Solubility of aleoholic-etherial extract in: 
Ge ears WAU PLLC rap tcy cree os ys a te soem DP ayeas dard 49.7 per cent. 
IS BIZ OM Crys nates Rees sae Meda ye tee topes nes sisseleys 1972 fe 
Residue insoluble in dilute acids................. =) lal ee 
Mcoholvemextractivientacs acess ee eae ce eeteled <- 10.32 re 
Of the alcoholic extract, the following are the constituents and per- 
centages: 
TRCISHaL. GP nls, d DORON abe BI GicLe CERI: > OE ROA 9.2 per cent 
Weoetdbleacidse ss eisnec eer teenie calnee e 39.0 us 
(Wolorino mm atlereas eis eee cil sane eke 5158 os 
ANG (GCOS ‘CAREER POR Oba chile oc etna» OF ROE nee 19.956 ub 
Inorganic constituents: 
Sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, phos- 
phates, and carbonates. 
