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JSxtractum Aconiti Fluidum, fluid extract of aco- / 

 nite. Dose: H., m v.-xx. ; D., m ^\. 



Tinctura Aconiti, U. S. P., tincture of aconite | 

 (thirty-five per cent.). Dose: H., ni xv.-xl. ; D., 

 TTl ss.-iij. '. 



Tinctura Aconiti, Fleming's, Fleming's tincture 

 of aconite (seventy-nine per cent.). Dose: H., 

 ni viij.-xv. ; D., m ^-|. ]^ow almost obsolete and 

 not so reliable as the fluid extract. 



Aconitina, aconitine. White, flat crystals, of a 

 feebly bitter taste; soluble in alcohol, ether, and 

 chloroform; incompatible -with alkalies, tannin, and 

 mercurial salts. Difficult to obtain of a constant and 

 reliable strength. The most reliable are Squibb's ni- 

 trate of aconitine and aconitinum purum, -Merck. 



Used hypodermically on the horse in doses of gr. 

 1 1 



■50 20- 



Oleatum Aconitince, oleate of aconite (two per 

 cent.) . For local use only. 



Physiological Action.— Aconite and its prepa- 

 rations are sensory, cardiac, respiratory, and spinal 

 depressants of great activity and power; also antipy- 

 retics, diaphoretics, and diuretics, its antipyretic ac- 

 tion being due to its sedative action upon the heart 

 and respiration ; hence its use is indicated at the off- 

 set of acute inflammatory diseases. Small doses, 

 given upon the tongue, soon cause a sensation of 

 numbness and a persistent tingling of the lips and 

 tongue. FuU doses cause a feeling of constriction of 

 the fauces, irritation of the gastro-intestinal mucous 

 membrane, with increased secretion, sometimes with 



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