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given in dosage up to 3 grains, or the gynocardates 

 are used. 



CHELIDONIUM 



CELANDINE, Chelidonium majus. A plant of com- 

 plex composition. Its juice is exceedingly acrid and 

 is an irritant sometimes used in the removal of corns 

 and warts. Internally it is an unreliable drastic 

 purgative in full doses; and it is apt to induce great 

 cerebral disturbance. This drug was formerly official 

 (U. S. P., 1890) and in the old Edinburgh Pharma- 

 copeia, but it has been largely abandoned as a 

 remedy. 



In small doses (fl. 2 to 3 minims) it possesses a 

 certain value in the treatment of jaundice and acute 

 and chronic hepatitis not due to organic lesions. 



Adequate personal experience leads me to con- 

 sider the drug as one suitable for long-continued 

 administration in functional diseases of the liver, 

 especially those apt to result in gall-stone formation. 

 There are few cholagogues that may be given for 

 any length of time without deranging digestion, but 

 this one may be so administered. In my hands, it 

 cooperates well with sodium phosphate; but it must 

 be regarded as a minor drug. Its use in full dosage 

 is not at all justified, and in small doses it is slow in 

 action. 



CHENOPODIUM 



AMERICAN WORMSEED, Chenopodium anthelminti- 

 cum. The volatile oil is official in the U. S. P. 



PHARMACOLOGY. The Amer. Jour, of Physiology 

 printed an article by Salant and Livingstone showing 

 that intravenous injections caused a fall in blood- 

 pressure in certain animals, with a marked decrease 

 of vagus irritability. There was some respiratory 



