STAPHISAGEIA 623 



and bowels by emetics and purgatives, and in the use of 

 inhalations of anesthetics, and eneniata of chloral, to relieve 

 the convulsions. The administration of santonin should be 

 followed or accompanied by that of a cathartic, as santonin 

 is repugnant, rather than fatal, to worms. 



The drug may be given to fasting puppies as follows: 

 IJ Hydrarg. Chlorid. Mitis. 



Santonini aa gr.v. 



Sacchari ad. 3 i. 



M. et div. in chart, no. x. 



Sig. One powder tid. (for round-worms). 



or : — 



Santonini gr. vi. 



01. Rieini 3 ii. 



M. 



Sig. Give one-third every third day (for round-worms). 



Santonin may be given in pill to dogs combined with 

 oleoresina filicis and areca nut. Santonin is not so com- 

 monly or successfully used in the treatment of round-worms 

 in horses, as turpentine and aloes, creolin, etc. A ball con- 

 taining 3 ii. of santonin and 3 i. of calomel, or a combination 

 of 3 iv. santonin and 1 pint of castor oil, are suitable pre- 

 scriptions for the horse. Santonin is often remedial in 

 incontinence of urine in young animals, when belladonna 

 fails, and is frequently beneficial in the treatment of 

 -amaurosis. 



Class 3. — Used to Destroy Lice. 

 Staphisageia. Staphisagria. 



Synonym. — Staphisagrise. semina, B.P. ; stavesacre, 

 semina staphidis agrije s. pedicularis, E. ; staphisaigre, Fr. ; 

 stephauskorner, lausekorner, G. 



The seeds of Delphinium Staphisagria Linne (nat. ord. 

 Eanunculacese). 



Habitat. — Shore,", of Mediterranean ; cultivated. 



Description. — About 5 Mm. long, 3 or 4 Mm. broad, 

 ■flattish-tetrahedral, one side convex, brown or brownish-gray, 

 ■with reticulate ridges, containing a whitish, oily, albumen 

 -and a straight embryo; nearly inodorous, taste bitter and 

 -acrid. 



Constituents. — 1, the important principle is delphinine 

 .(C22H35]SrOg), a white, poisonous, crystalline alkaloid resem- 



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