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Fatal collapse has followed its use. As an emetic 

 sanguinaria is, very properly, being abandoned. 



As a stimulant expectorant this drug serves a 

 useful purpose if judgment is used in prescribing 

 it. One should feel his way as regards dosage; but 

 some cases of asthma, acute bronchitis, and catarrhal 

 subacute bronchitis are very markedly benefited by 

 doses of from ^ to 2 minims fl., or 5 to 20 minims 

 of the tincture. Just remember that sanguinaria 

 is a positive expectorant; then use it wisely, and you 

 will come to esteem it as a useful drug that has gone 

 into unmerited retirement. 



In somewhat smaller doses fl. }/ to 1 minim 

 sanguinaria is of value in laryngitis, especially in 

 the irritable type. Or one can use Sanguinarine 

 Nitrate in doses of 1-20 to 1-12 grain in syrup of 

 wild cherry. In nasal catarrh with free secretion, 

 both the alkaloid and the tincture are quite avail- 

 able remedies. 



Bartholow advocated the use of sanguinaria as 

 an hepatic stimulant, and rationally so; but we have 

 much better agents for this purpose. 



In very small doses, varying with different indi- 

 viduals, sanguinaria is an excellent tonic in cases of 

 g astro-intestinal functional disorders marked by lack 

 of secretion. 



A decoction, or a faintly colored solution of san- 

 guinarine nitrate, acts admirably as a stimulating 

 gargle in sore throat. 



SANTONINUM 



SANTONIN, obtained from Artemisia pauciftora, 

 LEVANT WORMSEED, also called Artemisia cina. 

 CINA is the name given to wormseed in homeo- 



