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almond. It is a bland and nutrient oil used in many 

 pharmaceutical directions. 



ANISUM 



ANISE, Pimpinella Anisum. AQUA ANISE (U. S. 

 P.) is used as a stimulant carminative in teaspoonful 

 doses for infants, and as an agreeable diluent. 



ANTHEMIS 



ENGLISH OR ROMAN CHAMOMILE, Anihemis nobilis. 

 Official in ten pharmacopeias. Deleted from the 

 Ninth U. S. P. Admittedly an efficient stomachic 

 and carminative with mild stimulating properties, 

 yet another chamomile, Matricaria, (q. v.) is su- 

 perior to it and possesses identical properties in a 

 more agreeable form. Many persons object to the 

 taste of anthemis, and it nauseates some. 



APOCYNUM 



CANADIAN HEMP, Apocynum Cannabinum. Offi- 

 cial in the U. S. P., Eighth Revision, and now listed 

 in the National Formulary. 



Long used in domestic practice, and conceded 

 to possess properties akin to digitalis, there has 

 been disagreement over its practical employment; 

 but the work of Taub and Fickewirth (Arch. f. d. 

 ges. PhysioL, cliii, 239) in isolating its active (neu- 

 tral, nonglucosidal) principle has established the 

 drug on a scientific basis. This substance is known 

 in trade as CYMARIN, and it is about equal in activity 

 to the official amorphous strophanthin and quite 

 similar in effect, being far more active after intra- 

 venous or intramuscular injection than when in- 

 gested. Toxic doses cause central vomiting. 



