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tions, and it has long sustained a reputation in the 

 treatment of "scrofula," chronic cutaneous and 

 hepatic disorders, tertiary syphilis, chronic laryngitis, 

 chronic "rheumatism," and, in fact, in a host of 

 conditions in which an alterative is indicated. 



Candor compels the admission that most official 

 preparations of stillingia are of little value. The 

 Eclectics make up their preparations of stillingia 

 from freshly dug material; they are wise in doing so. 



Stillingia enters into many shot-gun formulae, 

 and hence many physicians who use it in admixture 

 with other agents are really not acquainted with 

 stillingia itself. Many of our botanic remedies are 

 comparatively unknown because not individually 

 and separately used. 



DOSAGE. The fl. is given in doses of 10 to 60 

 minims. Fluidextracts made from fresh material 

 may be given in doses of from 5 to 30 minims, ten- 

 minim doses being usually sufficient. Compound 

 stillingia liniment, nonofficial, is recommended as 

 an application to the throat in croup and affections 

 of the larynx. 



STRAMONIUM 



THORN APPLE, JAMESTOWN WEED, Datura Stra- 

 monium. The leaves are almost universally official, 

 the seed in Switzerland. Datura fastuosa leaves are 

 official in Great Britain, Japan, and the Nether- 

 lands, the seed in Great Britain. This latter variety 

 is popular in India. 



The pharmacology given under "Belladonna" 

 applies to stramonium, as it is a drug of the atropine 

 group. However, stramonium relaxes bronchial 

 muscle more completely than does belladonna and 

 is more toxic upon the heart. 



