DRUGS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN 6 1 



DRUGS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN 



A. INSECTS. 



Long, bronze-green; body cylindrical; head triangular, 



Cantharis, 605 

 Oval, gray or brownish, wrinkled, covered with a whitish down, 



Coccus, 606 



B. TISSUES AND SECRETIONS. 



Granular, crumbly, various sizes; dark reddish-brown; peculiar 



penetrating odor, Moschus, 620 



Viscid liquid, of a brownish or dark green color,.. Fel Bovis, 621 



Yellowish-green solid, rather soft, Fel Bovis Purificatum 



Yellowish powder or thin, yellow, translucent scales, . . Pepsinum, 629 

 Yellowish-white powder or transparent, brittle scales, 



Pancreatinum, 630 



(Fatty substances of animal origin. See above under K (b), Adeps, 

 etc.) 



BACTERIAL PRODUCTS 



Antitoxic Serums. See chapter on. 



Serum Antidiphtheriticum. See chapter on. 



GLANDULAR PRODUCTS 



Glandulae Suprarenales Siccae. See chapter on. 

 Glandulae Thyreoideae Siccae. See chapter on. 



CONSPECTUS B. OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL DRUGS, AR- 

 RANGED ACCORDING TO PROMINENT PHYSICAL PROP- 

 ERTIES, AND SUBDIVIDED BY ODOR AND TASTE 



(With Natural Order or Family.) 



ROOTS 



CLASS I. AROMATIC 



(a) Odor and Taste Pronounced. 



SUMBUL. Musk Root. 400*. Umbelliferae. 

 ANGELICA. ANGELICA. 396, N.P. Umbelliferae. 



ANGELICA ATROPURPUREA. AMERICAN ANGELICA. 395, N.F. Umbelli- 

 ferae. 



* Armor acia. Horse-radish. 191. Cruciferae. 

 Imperatoria. Masterwort. 401. Umbelliferae. 

 Levisticum. Lovage. 403. Umbelliferae. 

 Pimpinella. Pimpernel. 404, N.F. Umbelliferae. 

 Vetiveria. Vetivert. 38. Gramineae. 



(5) Feebly Aromatic. 



GELSEMIUM. Yellow Jasmine. 438. Loganiaceae. 

 INULA. Elecampane. 557. Composites. 

 Methysticum. KavaKava. 95, N.F. Piperaceae. 

 PETROSELINUM. Parsley. 391, N.F. Umbelliferas. 



The names in italics refer to unofficial drugs : some of these (marked thus. *) have been official in 

 one or more of the former editions of the U.S.P. The numbers correspond to the numbers of the 

 drugs in the body of this work. 



Bold-faced caps indicate drugs officials in U.S.P. ix. Those in small caps are contained 

 in National Formulary. 



