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veratralbine, and also an irritant poisonous resin. In 

 action it greatly resembles its congener, but is much 

 more irritant to the gastro-intestinal mucous mem- 

 brane, causes violent vomiting and purging, intense 

 abdominal and CBsophageal pain, greatly reduced tem- 

 perature and pulse, collapse, and death from paraly- 

 sis of heart and respiration. 



Veratrine causes free salivation, affects the heart 

 and circulation similarly to the other veratriae, besides 

 being a direct poison to muscular tissue. The alka- 

 loids jervine and rubijervine both depress the circula- 

 tion, while the latter produces the emeto-catharsis. 



Veratrum poisoning should be treated in the same 

 manner as aconite poisoning. 



Therapeutics. — Veratrum, although inferior to 

 aconite in fevers and inflammations, because of its 

 lack of power over excretions, is an excellent sedative 

 in the treatment of aneurism, simple hypertrophy, 

 and irritable heart ; in puerperal convulsions and fe- 

 vers; in the earlier stages of parenchymatous and 

 serous inflammations, particularly in pneumonia 

 and enteritis; in rheumatism, laminitis; hypodermic 

 injections of veratrine in the affected muscles in 

 rheumatism and muscular atony ; also externally to 

 relieve neuralgic pains, and as an insecticide. 



Flokes ARNiciE — Arnica Flowers. 



The flowering heads of Arnica Montana, natural 

 order Compositee, a perennial plant of the mountain- 

 ous regions of the northern hemisphere. It is some- 

 times known as leopard's bane, and contains a gluco- 



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