SANGUINARIN 



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SANTORINI, CANAL OF 



properties are due to an alkaloid, sanguinarin, C n H 15 - 

 N0 4 . In large doses it causes vomiting and purging. 

 Toxic doses cause convulsions, and then paralysis ; 

 death results from failure of respiration. It is used as 

 an expectorant in chronic bronchitis. S., Acetum, 

 vinegar of sanguinaria ; sanguinaria 10, dil. acetic acid 

 90. Dose Tt^x— xxx ; as an emetic 3 tj-1 ss. S., Ext., 

 Fid. Dose n\j-v as an expectorant, rr^x-lx as an 

 emetic. S., Tinct., 15 per cent, strong. Dose n^v- 

 3|j as an expectorant, 3 j-iij as an emetic. Sanguin- 

 arin, the alkaloid, unof. Dose gr. y 2 -^ ; as an emetic 

 gr. %-y Sanguinarin Nitrate. Unof. Expecto- 

 rant. Dose gr. A — \ . 



Sanguinarin (sang-gwin' -ar-in) [sanguis, blood]. I. 

 The alkaloid of sanguinaria. 2. The precipitate from 

 a tincture of the root of Sanguinaria canadensis ; 

 emetic, stimulant, diuretic, emmenagogue, antiseptic, 

 errhine, antiperiodic, etc. Dose I to 3 grains. Unof. 



Sanguine (sang'-gwin) [sanguis, bloody]. I. Bloody. 

 2. Hopeful. S. Temperament, a hopeful, active, 

 energetic disposition. 



Sanguineous (sang-gwin' '-e-us) [sanguis, blood]. Per- 

 taining to the blood. Bloody ; blood-red. S. Cyst, 

 a cyst containing blood-stained fluid. 



Sanguinicolous (sang-gwin-ik' -o-lus) . Same as San- 

 guicolous. 



Sanguinification (sang-gwin-if-ik-a' '-shun). See San- 

 guification . » 



Sanguinity {sang-gwin' '-it-e) [sanguis, blood]. The 

 quality of likeness or dissimilarity between parents, a 

 certain degree of the latter being most favorable for 

 the production of well-organized offspring. "Parents 

 who are more similar (Consanguine), or more dis- 

 similar (Exsanguine), will probably have inferior 

 offspring" (Mercier). 



Sanguinivorous (sang-gwin-iv' '-or-us) [sanguis, blood ; 

 vorare, to devour]. Same as Sanguivorous. 



Sanguinol (sang'-gwin- 0/) [sanguis, blood; oleum, 

 oil]. A hematinic constituted of the iron combina- 

 tions found in plants and animals. It consists of 

 evaporated blood and hemoglobin in liquid form, and 

 is free from the intermediate products of the degenera- 

 tion of albuminous bodies. It consists of natural 

 blood-salts 46 parts, oxyhemoglobin 10 parts, and pep- 

 tonized muscle-albumin 44 parts. 



Sanguinolent (sang-gwin'- o- lent) [sanguis, blood]. 

 Having the appearance of blood ; tinged with blood. 



Sanguinous (sang'-gwin-us). Same as Sanguinary. 



Sanguis (sang' -giuis) [L.]. Blood. 



Sanguisuction (sang-gwis-uk' -shun) [sanguis, blood ; 

 suctus, p.p. of sugere, suck]. The abstraction of blood 

 by suction, as by a leech or other parasite. 



Sanguisuga (sang-gu/i-su' -gah) [sanguis, blood ; sugere, 

 to suck]. A blood-sucker. A leech. S. medici- 

 nalis or officinalis, a leech. 



Sanguisugent (sang- givis -u'-jent) [sanguis, blood ; 

 sugere, to suck]. Bloodsucking. 



Sanguivorous (sang-gwiv'- or -us) [sanguis, blood; 

 vorare, to devour]. Feeding on blood, as a leech. 



Sanicle (san'-ik-l) [saniculum, sanicle]. Any plant 

 of the genus Sanicula. S. europcea, of the old 

 world, and S. marilandica, of America, are con- 

 sidered to be antispasmodic, diaphoretic, and stimu- 

 lant. Unof. 



Sanies (sa'-ne-iz) [L.]. The thin, fetid, greenish, 

 sero-purulent fluid discharged from ulcers, wounds, 

 and fistulas. 



Sanious (sa'-ne-us) [sanies']. Pertaining to or resem- 

 bling sanies. S. Pus. See Pus. 



Sanitarian ( san -it- a'- re - an) [sanitas, health]. One 

 skilled in sanitary science. 



Sanitarium (san - it - a'- re - urn) [sanitas, health]. A 



health-station. A place or institution where the con- 

 ditions are such as especially to promote health and 

 vigor. The word is often incorrectly employed for san- 

 atorium, which is a hospital or place for curing those 

 who are sick. A sanitarium may be used as a sanato- 

 rium but it is not necessarily the same thing. 



Sanitary (san' -it-a-re) [sanitas, health]. Pertaining 

 to health, or preventing disease ; not. as often used , per- 

 taining to the cure of disease. S. Science, the science 

 which includes a consideration of all that can be done 

 for the prevention of disease and the promotion of the 

 public health. 



Sanitas (san'-it-as) [L.]. Health. Also a proprietary- 

 antiseptic solution, containing hydrogen dioxid, cam- 

 phor, and camphoric acid. 



Sanitation (san -it -a' -slum) [sanitas, health]. The 

 application or enforcement of sanitary rules or laws. 



Sanity (san'-it-e) [sanitas ; sanus, sound]. Soundness 

 of mind. 



Sansom's Inhaler. See Anesthetic. 



Sanson-Purkinje's Images. See Purkinje-Samon. 



Santalin (san'-tal-in) [santalum, sandalwood], C 15 H 14 - 

 O-. I. The coloring-matter of red sandalwood, ob-' 

 tained by evaporating the alcoholic infusion to dr; 

 It is a red resin, fusible at 212 F. , and is very soluhle 

 in acetic acid as well as in alcohol, essential oils, and 

 alkaline lyes. See Pigments, Conspectus of. 2. C, 4 - 

 H 12 4 . The active principle of Red Saunders. It 

 crystallizes in minute red prisms soluble in alcohol and 

 ether. 



Santalum (san'-tal-um) [L.]. Pterocarpi I 

 (B. P.) White Sandalwood. The wood of a s] 

 of S. album and S. citrinum, or yellow sandalwood. 

 It yields oil of santal, an astringent oil, useful ir 

 chronic bronchitis and gonorrhea. It is often adulter 

 ated with oil of cedar Dose of the volatile oil n\x- 

 xxx, in emulsion or capsule; of the fld. ext., unof. 

 alcoholic, ^j-iij. S. rubrum, Red Saunders, tht 

 wood of Pterocarpus santolinus, imparts a brilliant-re. 

 color to ether and alcohol. 



Santonic Acid (san-ton'-ik) [aavroviKov, wormwood] 

 C, 5 H 20 O 4 . An acid obtained by treating santonin 

 alkalies. 



Santonica ( san - ton'- ik - ah) [go.vtovik6v, wormwood] 1 

 Levant Wormseed. The flower-heads of Artemia 

 maritima, the properties of which are due to a 1 :i 

 line principle, santonin, C ]5 H lg 3 . The flower-head 

 yield about 2 per cent, of santonin, which is a vi 

 ficient anthelmintic against the round-worm, Ascart\ 

 lumbricoides. In large doses it produces yellow 

 and gives a yellow color to the urine. In toxir 

 it causes headache, vertigo, sometimes convulsions, an-l 

 death by respiratory paralysis. Santonini, TrocH 

 (B. P.) Each contains gr. ss of the active principle 

 Dose ij-x. Sodii santoninas, 2NaO )r II 1! ,0 4 7H.C 

 colorless rhombic crystals. Dose gr. ij-x. This pre j 

 paration is much less effective as a vermifuge tha 

 santonin, and is also much more poisonous. Sod 

 sant. Troch., each contains gr. j of the preceding 

 Dose ij-x. 



Santonin, Santoninum (san'-to-nin, san-to-ni' 

 [santoninum, gen. , Santonini ; (U. S. P.)], C, ,H JR 

 The active principle of wormseed ; it crystallizes 

 shining prisms, and melts at 170 C. It is odorks! 

 insoluble in cold water, and an active poison. It 

 one of the most efficacous vermifuges for roum 

 worms. Dose gr. % to gr. ij. See Santonica. 



Santoninate (san -ton' -in -at) [aavroriKdv, worm" 

 Any salt of santoninic acid. See Santonica. 



Santoninic Acid (san-to-nin'-ik). See Acid. 



Santorini, Canal of. See Canal. S., Cartilage* 

 See Cartilage. S., Duct of. See Duct. S., Fis 



