LIST OF REMEDIES PRESCRIBED. 759 



LIST OF MEDICINES IN PLAIN ENGLISH * 



The following shows how simple some remedies are that are em- 

 ployed by physicians in the treatment of diseases when the Latin 

 names they use are translated into plain English. It also shows how 

 many of the Drug remedies used are poisonous. When a patient has 

 obtained a prescription, this list will enable him to readily ascertain 

 whether it contains any poisonous Drug. 



LATIN. ENGLISH. POISON. 



Aqua Calcis Lime Water 



Acetum Vinegar 



Atropa Belladonna Deadly Nightshade. . . Poison 



Aconite Monkshood. Poison 



Argenti Nitras Lunar Caustic Poison 



Acacia Gummi Gum Arabic 



Allium Savitum Garlic 



Amygdalus Amara Bitter Almond. . . .... Poison 



Acidum Hydrocyanicum Prussic Acid Poison 



Adeps Fat or Grease 



Acidium Tartaricum Tartaric Acid 



Alumen Alum 



Amygdala Dulcis Sweet Almonds 



Aqua Ammonia? Hartshorn 



Aristilochia Serpentaria Snakeroot 



Arnica Montana Arnica Flowers Poison 



Aurantii Cortex Orange Peel Poison 



Acidum Carbolicum Carbolic Acid Poison 



Acidum Nitricum Nitric Acid Poison 



Anti Toxin Pus cultures from sick beasts 



Althea Rosea Hollyhock Poison 



Arum Triphyllum Indian Turnip Poison 



Artemisia Trigida Mountain Sage 



Allium Cepa Onion 



Amydalus Persica Peach Tree 



Asclepias Tuberosa. Pleurisy Root 



Ambrosia Alatior Ragweed Poison 



Articum Lappa Burdock 



Anthemis Cotula Mayweed 



Acidum Tannicum Tannin Poison 



Antimonium Antimony Poison 



Anthemis Nobilcs Chamomile 



Berberis Aquifolium Wild Grape 



Copaiferae Balsam Copaiba Poison 



Coulophyllum Thalictroides Blue Cohosh Poison 



Cucumis Colocynthis Bitter Cucumber 



Poison in large doses 



Piscidia Erythrine Jamaica Dogwood Poison 



Calx Lime 



Conium Maculatum Poison Hemlock Poison 



*For additional list see ''Materia Mtdica," page 47U. 



