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perhaps the best preparation of the drug, being particularly- 

 valuable in the constipation of children with hard motions, 

 vermes, indigestion, acidity, and derangement of the general 

 health. 



The action of aloes on the pelvic circulation constitutes it a 

 uterine stimulant, and it is given with success as the Aloes and 

 Myrrh Pill in the amenorrhoea of young women, so often asso- 

 ciated with chronic constipation and dyspepsia. The Aloes and 

 Iron Pill is perhaps the most valuable of all remedies in the 

 anaemia, amenorrhoea, and constipation of girls at and after 

 puberty. Enema Aloes is anthelmintic. 



2. ACTION IN THE BLOOD ; SPECIFIC, AND REMOTE LOCAL ACTION. 



Aloin enters the blood and tissues, and is excreted at least 

 in the milk. 



MELANTHACE^E. 



Teratri Tiridis Radix GREEN HELLEBORE 

 ROOT. The dried rhizome of Yeratrum viride. Col- 

 lected in autumn in the United States and Canada. 



Characters. Slices, fragments, or conical truncated entire 

 pieces, earthy, black outside, light within; with numerous 

 yellowish radicles attached to it. When dry it is inodorous. 

 Taste at first sweet, then bitter, followed by a persistent acrid 

 burning sensation in the mouth. 



Substances resembling Veratrum Viride : Valerian, Serpentary, 

 and Arnica (q.v.). Veratrum has thicker rootlets. 



Composition. Veratrum viride contains a mixture of alka- 

 loids, which have been variously separated and named by 

 different pharmacologists, veratria, 



Preparation. 

 Tinctura Veratri Viridis. 1 in 5. Dose, 5 to 20 min. 



Sabadilla CEVADILLA. The dried fruit of 

 Asagraea officinalis. Imported from Mexico, 



Characters. Fruit about half an inch long, consisting of 

 three light brown papyraceous follicles, each containing from 

 one to three seeds, which are about a quarter of an inch long, 

 blackish-brown, shining, slightly winged, possessing an in- 

 tensely acrid bitter taste, 



fy Composition. The active constituent of sabadilla is veratria. 



