MATERIA MEDICA MUSEUM. 



^^, The Specimens marked * in this Catalogue are under glass 

 shades in the Museum; those marked t. are on the lower shelves in tht 

 cases. 



THALAMIFLOBJE. 



RANUNCULACE^B. 



1. ACONITUM NAPELLUS, L. (Aconite, Monkshood, Wolfsbane.) 



a. Root. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 24. 



b. Seeds. 



Note. The fresh root has been mistaken for horseradish. P. J. [1] , 

 vol. xv., p. 449. It is smaller than that root, dark brown, conical, and 

 has a numbing taste without the pungency of horseradish. See P. J. 

 [2] , vol. v., p. 317, for Aconella ; and P. J. [3] , vol. i. f pp. 121, 382, 

 for alkaloids ; and Pharmacographia, pp. 9, 10. For cultivation of plant 

 in England, P. J. [l],vol. x., p. 171. For fig. of plant, etc., see Bentley 

 and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 6 & 21. 



2. ACONITUM FEROX, Wallich. (Nepaul Aconite, Bish or Bikh.) 



a. Root. 



6. Stem. 



Note. Boot official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. In appearance it 

 resembles Tampico Jalap, but it is more conical, is marked with the 

 scars of rootlets, and of the base of the stem, and is paler internally. 

 The principal alkaloid yielded by this root is pseudaconitine. See P. J. 

 [8], vol. iv., p. 293, and for fig., P. J. [3], vol. i., p. 434; Pharmaco- 

 graphia, p. 12. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, tab. 5. 



3. ACONITUM HETEROPHTLLDM, Wall. 



a. Root (Atis or Atees).* 



Note. Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia as a tonic and antiperiodic. 

 It contains no aconitia. See Ph. Ind., p. 4. Pharmacographia, p. 14. 

 For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 7. 



4. ACT.SA SPICATA, L. (Baneberry, Herb Christopher.') 



a. Rhizome. For micr. section, see Fluckiger, Grundlag. Pharm. 



Waar., p. 76. 



Note. The rhizome resembles that of Helleborus niger, with which it 

 is occasionally mixed. It is less branched than the latter, has more 

 numerous transverse lines upon it, and has a cruciate meditullium. 

 P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 109. It is used in America to make a lotion for 

 pediouli. For fig. of Bhizome, see Goebel und Kunze, pt. ii., taf. xxxi., f. 2. 



5. ACT.EA RACEMOSA, L. (Black Snakeroot, Bugbane, Black Cohosh.) 



a. Rhizome. See Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 8. 

 Note. Official in the United States Pharmacopoeia under the name of 

 Cimicifuga racemosa. It is used in acute rheumatism and nervous 

 diseases. P. J. [2] , vol. ii., pp. 463-464. Pharmacographia, p 16. 



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