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authorities state that it undergoes decomposition after its solution, under 

 conditions that are not precisely known, into anemonic acid (CioHi p B ) 

 and anemoninic acid (doHigOe), etc.; others state that it is a volatile, fluid, 

 acrid principle, very susceptible of decomposition. 



Preparation of Anemonin. If aqueous distillate be treated with chloroform, 

 the latter, on evaporation, yields a residue anemonin. Dose: i^ to 3 gr. (o.i 

 to 0.2 Gm.). 



Diuretic, diaphoretic, mydriatic, irritant. The action of pulsatilla is said 

 to resemble aconite as a cardiac sedative. One author says it is equivalent to 



FIG. 74. Anemone pratensis. 



senega in convulsive coughs and in bronchitis. The recent tincture, in 5-drop 

 doses (made according to the formula of the tincture of recent herbs, U.S.P. 

 1890, is highly esteemed by some practitioners. The drug is not infrequently 

 classed among the most useful emmenagogues. Dose: i to 5 gr. (0.065 to -3 

 Gm.). 



141. ADONIS VERNALIS, N.F. FALSE HELLEBORE. The herb of Adon'is ver- 

 nal'is Linn6. This rather obscure drug owes its poisonous quality and 

 medicinal activity to a glucoside, adonidin, whose physiological action 

 seems to be almost identical with that of digitalin, except that it is more 

 powerful, and not cumulative. Like digitalis, it is used in heart disease 

 and dropsy, slowing the heart's action, and making it more regular and 

 forcible; it greatly increases urinary secretion. Dose: 2 to 10 gr. (0.12 to 

 0.6 Gm.), in infusion. 



