SQUILL 457 



pulverizable when dry ; tough and flexible after exposure to 

 damp air; inodorous; taste mucilaginous, bitter and acrid. 



Constituents. — Various active principles have been 

 recovered, but it is doubtful if any completely represent the 

 action of the drug. All possess some poisonous properties. 

 Merck sells three substances derived from squill : (1) Scil- 

 litoxin, a glucoside. (2) Scillipicrin. (3) Soillin. In addi- 

 tion, the drug contains mucilage. 



Squill Dose.—B.., 3 i.-ii. (4.-8.) ; C, 3 ii.-iv. (8.-15.) ; Sh., 

 gr.xv.-xxx. (1.-2.) ; D., gr.i.-v. (.06-.3). 



PREPARATIONS. 



Fluidextr actum Soillce. Fluidextract of Squill. (U. S. P.) 

 Made by maceration and percolation with alcohol and water, 

 and evaporation, so that 1 Co. = 1 Gm. of the crude drug. 



Dose.— H., 3 i.-ii. (4.-8.); C, 3 ii.-iv. (8.-15.); Sh., ttixv.-xxx. 

 (1.-2.) ; D., Tiii.-v. (.06-.3). 



Tinctura ScilVx. Tincture of Squill. (U. S. & B. P.) 

 Made by maceration and percolation of squill, 100; with alcohol and 



water to make 1000. (U. S. P.) 



Dose.— H., 3 vi.- § i.ss. (34.-45,) ; C, 1 i.ss.-iii. (45.-90.) ; Sh,, 3 i.ss.-iii. 



(6.-13.); D., mv.-xxx. (.3-3.). 



Syrupus Scillae. Syrup of Squill. (U. S. & B. P.) 

 Made by boiling and filtering vinegar of squill, 450 ; adding sugar, 

 800 ; straining and adding water to make 1000. (U. S. P.) 

 Dose.— H., §S8. (15.); D., 3ss.-i. (3.-4.). 

 Incompatible with ammonium carbonate. 



Syrupus Scillce Compositus. Compound Syrup of Squill. (TJ. S. P.) 



Synonym. — Coxe's Hive Syrup. Fluidextract of squill, 80; fluid- 

 extract of senega, 80; antimonium and potassium tartrate, 3; ptirified 

 talc, 30; sugar, 750; water to make 1000. 



Dose.— D., niv.-xxx. (.3-3.). 



Pil, Ipecachuanhae cum Scilla. (B. P.) 



Contains 5 per cent, opium. Dogs, gr.ii.-viii. The compound 

 syrup (U. S. P.), or the pill of ipecac with squill (B. P.), are good 

 cough remedies for dogs. 



Action Internal — Gastro-intestinal Tract. — Therapeutic 

 doses do not exert any effect, but toxic quantities cause 



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