44 SACCHARUM LACTIS. SINAPIS. 



Lactose is widely used as an added sugar in the modified-milk feeding of infants, 

 and to furnish additional carbohydrate in those cases requiring an exclusive milk diet. 



SENNA. 



Senna consists of the dried leaflets of Cassia acutifolia (Fam. Leguininoscc}, an 

 African shrub, and Cassia angustifolia, a plant growing in India. It owes its medici- 

 nal action to the presence of an amorphous glucoside termed Cathartic acid. 



Properties: 



Appearance 



Color -. 



Odor 



Taste .. 



Senna is used as a laxative, and is of especial utility with infants and children. 

 The griping tendency may be considerably minimized by the addition of coriander. 

 Like rhubarb, Senna is eliminated in part by the mammary glands of a nursing mother, 

 and will in such a case cause purgation of the suckling child. 



SERUM ANTIDIPHTHERICUM PURIFICATUM. 



This Serum represents a solution in normal saline of the diphtheria antitoxins 

 derived from the blood plasma of a properly immunized horse. 



Note its appearance _ Color Odor 



This Serum is used as a preventative or curative of diphtheria. Each mil of the 

 Serum contains not less than 250 antitoxic units, a ''unit" being the amount of anti- 

 toxin necessary to protect a 250 Gm. guinea pig against 100 times the fatal dose of 

 toxin. 



Dose: Prophylactic, 1000 units; curative, 10,000 units, repeated as may be 

 necessary. 



SERUM ANTITETANICUM PURIFICATUM. 



This Serum represents a solution in normal saline of the tetanus antitoxins de- 

 rived from the blood plasma of a properly immunized horse. It has a potency of not 

 less than 100 units per mil. 



Note its appearance _ Color Odor _ 



Antitetanic Serum is best used as a prophylactic for tetanus in doses of 1000 units. 

 The possibility of a curative result is remote if the disease has become established. 

 When treated early, a "curative" dose of 10,000 units may be essayed. 



Each of the above Sera is official in three forms: the plain Serum, the Purified 

 Serum, and the Dried Serum. The preferable preparation is the one selected for study. 



SINAPIS. 



Sinapis, or Mustard, consists of the dried ripe seeds of Sinapis alba and of Bras- 

 sica nigra (both of the Fam. Cruciferce), natives of Europe, but extensively cultivated 

 elsewhere. These two Mustards manifest several variations in properties, the black 

 variety being considerably the stronger. 



