594 VEGETABLE DRUGS 



soluble in alcoliol, chloroform and ether ; four salts occur 

 in commerce : the tannate, sulphate, hydrobromate and 

 hydrochlorate ; the first is more frequently used ; dose — 

 D., gr.ii.-v. (.12-.3) ; 2, punico-tannic acid, 22 per cent. ; 3, 

 methyl, pseudo, and iso-pelletierine ; the latter is a taenia- 

 cide. 



Dose, — Dogs, 3 ss.-i.ss. (2.-6.). 



There is a (non-official) fluid extract which may be 

 given in same dose. 



Action and Uses. — Pomegranate is inferior to the fore- 

 going drugs as an anthelmintic, since it is disagreeable and 

 prone to produce vomiting. Pomegranate is an astringent, 

 but, in large doses, acts as an emetic and purgative and has 

 occasioned weakness, colic, dizziness and convulsions. In 

 sufficient amount pelletierine is said to paralyze motor 

 nerves, like curare. Granatum is an anthelmintic, chiefly 

 against tape-worm. The decoction (1-8, B.P.) may be em- 

 ployed (with \ part syrup of ginger) in 3 doses, at 

 hour intervals, for dogs. The patient should be previously 

 fasted for 24*hours, and castor oil is indicated if purging is 

 not produced by pomegranate. Tannate of pelletierine is a 

 yellowish, astringent-tasting powder, soluble in 80 parts of 

 alcohol and 700 parts of water. It is invariably used in 

 human medicine in preference to the crude drug, and should 

 be followed in 2 hours by a dose of castor oil. The use of 

 pelletierine is undesirable in young animals. 



Class 2. — Used to Destroy Round-worms. 



Santonica. Santonica. (U. S. & B. P.) 



Synonym. — Levant worm seed, semen cinge s. contra, s. 

 sanctum, s. santonici, E.; barbotine, semencine, Fr.; wurm- 

 samen, zitwersamen, G.; flores cinse, P.G. 



The unexpanded flower-heads of Artemisia pauciflora 

 Weber (nat. ord. Compositse). 

 V Habitat. — Northern middle Europe and Asia. 



