CONTENTS. 



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General Introduction 17 



Classification of Organic Drugs 19 



Animal Drugs r . . . 20 



Hirudo; The Leech — Cantharis; Cantharides; Spanish Fly. 



Vegetable Drugs without Organic Structure 25 



Sugars and Sweet Exudates : Manna — Saccharum; Sugar; 

 Cane Sugar — Saccharum Uveum; Glucose; Grape Sugar — 

 Saccharum Lactis; Lactose; Milk Sugar — Mel; Honey. 



Gums and Mucilages 29 



The Acacia Gums: Acacia; Gum Arabic — Tragacantha; Gum 

 Tragacanth. Oils, Resins, Oleoresins, Gum Resins, and 

 Balsams: Volatile Oils — Resins — Camphora; Camphor — 

 Terebinthina; Turpentine — Terebinthina Vencntia; Venice 

 Turpentine — Canadian Turpentine — Colophonium; Resin; 

 Rosin — Dammar — Copal — Kauri; Cowrie — Sandarac — Mas- 

 tiche — Guaiac Resina; Guaiac — Benzoinum; Benzoin — 

 — Copaiba; Balsam of Copaiba — Asafoetida — Galbanum; 

 Mother Resin — Ammoniacum; Ammoniac — Myrrha; Myrrh 

 — Styrax; Liquidamber; Storax. 



Drugs of Vegetable Origin with Organic Structure 75 



Powdered Substances: Starches — Lycopodium — Lupulinum 

 — Kamala — Galla; Galls. 



Plant Organs or Parts of Plants 88 



Roots: Sarsaparilla — Radix Belladonnas; Belladonna Root 

 — Radix Glycyrrhizic; Licorice Root — Radix Ipecacuanhae; 

 Ipecac — Radix Senega;; Senega — Radix Rhci; Rhubarb — 

 Radix Gentianae; Gentian, Rhizomes; Aspidium — Cala- 

 mus — Podophyllum — Zingiber; Ginger — Curcuma; Tur- 

 meric. Tubers, Bulbs: Squill — Colchicum — Aconite — Jalap. 

 Woods: Quassia — Haimatoxylon ; Logwood — Santalum Rub- 

 rum; Red Saunders. Barks: Cortex Rhamni Purshianae; 

 Cascara — Cortex Cinnamomi; Cinnamon — Cortex Granati; 

 Pomegranate — Cortex Quillaja;; Soap Bark — Cortex Angos- 

 turae; Angostura Bark — Cortex Vibumi Prunifolii; Black 

 Haw — Cortex Pruni Virginianae; Wild Cherry Bark — Cortex 

 Sassafras; Sassafras Bark. Leaves: Folia Sennae; Senna — 



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