CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  PHARMACY. 
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The  ethereous  tincture  of  squill*  is  adapted  to  all  cases  in  which 
squill  is  indicated,  and  is  an  elegant  preparation.  In  dropsy, 
cedema  of  the  mucous  lining  of  the  larynx,  and  of  the  lungs,  in 
asthma,  and  as  an  expectorant  and  diuretic  it  will  be  found  a  most 
convenient  and  valuable  preparation.  A  combination  of  equal 
parts  cf  this  tincture  and  of  the  syrup  of  lobelia  inflata  taken  three 
or  four  times  daily,  in  doses  of  3ss.  to  3j.  each,  is  the  most  effi- 
cient remedy  I  have  ever  used  in  asthma. 
The  ethereous  tincture  of  ergotf  is  best  suited  to  cases  of  inac- 
tion or  torpor  of  the  uterus  connected  with  debility  or  exhaustion; 
it  may  be  used  either  as  an  emmenagogue  or  as  a  parturient.  In 
uterine  haemorrhage,  or  menorrhagia  dependent  on  debility,  or  ex- 
haustion of  the  uterus,  it  will  be  found  a  valuable  remedy.  Its  ac- 
tion upon  the  uterus  is  greatly  influenced  by  the  ethereous  men- 
struum. It  is  best  to  give  it  in  some  diuretic  vehicle,  such  as  pine 
tops  tea,  or  flax  seed  or  elm  tea ;  and  it  may  be  taken  in  doses  of 
oSs.  to  oij.  once  in  four  or  five  hours. 
The  tincture  of  gossypiumt  is  possessed  of  properties  very  simi- 
lar to  that  of  ergot,  and  may  be  employed  in  like  doses  with  it,  and 
in  similar  diseases. 
The  tincture  of  sanguinaria§  is  valuable  when  combined  with 
the  tinctures  of  cantharides,  guaiacum,  colchicum,  cubebs,  and  in- 
deed any  other  emmenagogue,  in  the  treatment  of  dysmenorrhcea. 
It  is  also  a  valuable  expectorant  and  diaphoretic  in  pneumonia, 
bronchitis,  and  oedema  of  the  mucous  lining  of  the  air  passages. 
It  is  administered  in  doses  from  oss.  to  3ij->  once  m  three  or  four 
hours.  This  tincture  may  also  be  employed  alone  as  a  diaphoretic 
and  expectorant. 
The  ethereous  tincture  of  ipecacuanha||  is  so  closely  assimilated 
to  the  tincture  of  the  sanguinaria  in  its  therapeutical  properties,  as 
*  R .  Scill.  maritim.  contus.,  ^  iv. ;  Spirit,  seth.  nitric,  Oij .  Digest  8  days, 
and  filter. 
-j-B.  Ergot,  contus.,  §ij. ;  spirit  seth.  nitric,  Oj.  Digest  10  days,  and 
filter. 
JR.  Gossypii.  herbac,  §iv, ;  Spirit,  seth.  nitriic,  Oj.  Digest  for  10  days, 
and  filter. 
§  R.  Sanguinar.  canadens.  contus.  jfij. ;  spirit,  seth.  nitric, Oij.  Digest 
8  days  and  filter. 
|j  R.  Cephael.  ipecac,  rad.  contus.,  spirit.  83th.  nitric,  Oij.  Digest 
8  days,  and  filter. 
