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to pass the stomach unchanged, or largely so, and 

 thus reach the bowel in an active state. PROTAN 

 (5 to 30 grains, according to age and condition) is 

 a 50% tannin compound with casein and is a val- 

 uable intestinal astringent. TANNALBIN (5 to 60 

 grains in range of dose) is a compound of tannic 

 acid and albumin and is insoluble in the stomach. 

 TANNIGEN (3 to 10 grains) is an acetic acid ester 

 of tannin, slowly decomposed in the intestines. 

 TANNISMUTH (5 to 10 granis) is bitannate of bis- 

 muth, is said to be astringent in both the stomach 

 and bowel, one molecule of the tannin being lib- 

 erated by the stomach acids, and the other molecule 

 slowly liberated in the bowel. TANNOFORM (4 to 

 8 grains) is astringent and antiseptic, being a 

 product of formaldehyde and gallotannic acid. 



The average dose of tannic acid is 5 to 8 grains; 

 but it is seldom used internally in its uncombined 

 state. 



ACONITE 



ACONITUM (TJ. S. P.). Aconitum Napdlus is 

 official in twelve pharmacopeias in the form of the 

 root, and the leaves in the French, Mexican, and 

 Spanish standards. 



Aconitum Fischeri, known as Japanese and Chi- 

 nese aconite, an exceedingly toxic species, grows 

 abundantly in the Western States of America. It 

 may, in time, become an important source of supply 

 in the United States. 



PHARMACOLOGY. Aconite, cevadilla, and staves- 

 acre are pharmacologically similar, but are not 

 similar therapeutically, an instance one of many 

 showing that pharmacology may not dominate 



