88 Botanic Drugs 



Enough alcohol may be added to preserve the 

 solution. 



Minchin has long employed garlic juice as an 

 inhalation for the treatment of active mixed in- 

 fections in pulmonary tuberculosis; it has a phenol 

 coefficient of 2. 



ALNUS 



TAG ALDER, BLACK ALDER, Alnus serrulata. Not 

 official. The bark and leaves contain tannin, oils, 

 and a resin. Just what constitutes a drug a "veg- 

 etable alterative," or what such a drug really does, 

 I confess I don't know; but I do know, from abun- 

 dant clinical experience, that alnus is such a drug 

 and that it clears up a "pimply" skin and a tendency 

 to a "crop of boils" in a highly satisfactory manner. 

 What used to be called "scrofula" that was not 

 tubercular (lymphatism?) is the indication for this 

 drug. Fl. in 15- to 20-minim doses. 



ALOE 



ALOES. The inspissated juice of the leaves of 

 several species of aloe. Official in all but the Croatian 

 and Servian standards. 



Aloes belongs to the anthracene group, whose 

 seat of action is mainly in the large intestine. The 

 delayed action of aloes is supposed to be due to its 

 requiring oxidation to become purgative. 



ALOE PURIFICATA (U. S. P., VIII) is to be pre- 

 ferred to other products. The Ninth Revision does 

 not list it. Dose: 1 to 10 grains; average, 4 grains. 

 ALOIN is given in one-fourth the dose of aloes, or 

 less; average dose, % grain. 



In very small doses aloes is stomachic and, in 



