Am.  J.  Ph.]  1  [Feb.,  1882 
f Advertising  Sheet  of  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy.   (Bates  on  Cover.) 
Recent  Introductions  to  the  Materia  Medica, 
-BY- 
PAEKE,  DAVIS  &  CO. 
Manufacturing  Chemists, 
DETROIT,  MICH. 
Li       |X        |t|       {Eugenia  Cheken,  Myrtiis  CheJcan.)    This  Remedy,  a  native  of  Chili,  is  very 
^1  EL  1%.  Em       ■    popular  in  that  country,  where  it  is  employed  as  an  inhalation  in  diphtheria, 
iarjaigitis,  bronchitis,  bronchorrhoea,  etc. ;  as  fin  injection  in  gonorrhoea,  leucorrhoea,  cystitis,  etc.;  and  in- 
fernally as  an  aid  to  digestion,  to  allay  cough,  to  facilitate  expectoration  and  to  stimtilate  the  kidneys.    It  is 
^ilso  an  astringent  and  is  said  to  be  of  great  value  in  hjemoptysis. 
Cheken  (known  also  as  Chekan  and  Chequen),  was  introduced  to  the  profession  of  England  through  a 
report  of  results  following  its  use  in  chronic  bronchitis  or  winter  cough  by  Wm.  Murrell,  M.D.,M.E.C.P., 
Assistant  Physician  to  tlie  Royal  Hospital  for  Diseases  of  the  Chest,  and  Lecturer  on  Practical  Physiol- 
ogy at  the  Westminster  Hospital.  Dr.  MurrelFs  report  is  very  favorable  and  he  has  supplemented  it  by 
private  advices  to  us  expressing  great  satisfaction  with  the  drug  in  the  affections  in  which  he  has  employed 
it.  He  regards  it  as  one  of  the  most  valuable  introductions  of  late  years  and  pronounces  it  a  drug  of  very 
-superior  properties  in  the  treatment  of  chronic  bronchitis,  acting  in  this  affection  both  as  an  anodyne  and 
■exerting  a  favorable  influence  over  the  organic  changes  in  the  mucous  membrane.  It  is  certainly  a  remedy 
which  merits  a  thorough  trial  at  the  hands  of  the  profession  of  this  counti  y. 
^  I       D  DA  A  I    \/  I  A  MOUNTAIN  SAGE.")    Artemisia  Frigida.  Fluid 
^9  I       W\.  iV  §\    ^9  /U^  Mm  W  I  r\.  ■    extract  of  the  herb.    Dose  one  to  two  fluidrachms. 
Diaphoretic  and  diuretic. 
The  success  which  has  attended  the  administration  of  this  drug  in  "Mountain  fever"  has  suggested  its 
employment  in  all  febrile  conditions  attended  with  suppression  of  the  secretions  of  the  skin  and  kidneys. 
Its  action  in  fever  seems  to  be  two-fold,  acting  directly  on  the  nervous  centre,  thus  inducing  a  direct  lower- 
ing of  the  temperature,  and  facilitating  the  radiation  of  the  heat  through  diaphoresis  which  it  stimulates. 
Under  its  use,  the  kidneys  are  also  aroused  to  activity,  and  the  solid  constituents  of  the  urine  proportionately 
increased.    Therapeutic  tests  have  corroborated  the  opinion  formed  of  it  on  theoretical  grounds. 
( ALLIGATOR  PExiR.)  Fluid  extracts  of  the  seeds.  Dose  30  to  60  minims 
 This  remedy  is  now  for  the  first  time  presented  to  the  profession  of  this  coun- 
try. It  is  introduced  on  the  recommendation  of  Dr.  Henry  Froehling,  of  Baltimore,  ^;aryland,  wlio.  while 
acting  in  the  capacity  of  botanist  and  scientist  to  an  exploring  expedition  in  Southern  .Mexico,  became 
familiar  \vith  the  drug,  both  from  reports  of  the  natives  and  personal  experience,  as  a  remedy  in  intercostal 
^neuralgia.  The  following  extract  from  Dr.  Froehling's  report  will  give  some  conception  of  the  nature  of 
this  remedy : 
"A  common  experience  among  physicians  is  that  some  cases  of  intercostal  neuralgia  are  very  trouble- 
some and  obstinate,  resisting  almost  every  kind  of  treatment ;  particularly  is  this  the  case  in  malarial  dis- 
tricts. In  such  cases  I  would  recommend  the  fluid  extract  of  Persea  seed.  In  my  own  person  and  in  every 
case  in  which  I  have  employed  it  I  have  been  highly  gratified  with  the  result.  Thost- of  my  medical  friends 
to  whom  I  liave  given  samples  of  the  preparation  warmly  endorse  my  opinion  of  it  as  above  and  I  cannot 
but  believe  that  further  trial  of  it  will  cause  it  to  be  regarded  as  a  valuable  addition  to  our  list  of  medi- 
cines." 
Dr.  Froehling  also  mentions  the  fact  that  Persea  has  been  employed  with  benefit  in  the  expulsion  of 
tapeworm. 
^  ^\  ^  A  (ERYTHROXYLON  COCA.)  The  evidence  in  favor  of  Coca  is  to  prove  it  a  power 
\^\^\j'A%B  ful  nervous  stimulant,  through  which  property  it  retards  waste  of  tissue,  increases 
muscular  strength  and  endurance,  and  removes  fatigue  and  languor,  duts  t(j  prolonged  jtliysical  or  mental 
effort.  VVhile  indicated  ill  all  conditions  i)resenting  these  symptoms  it  has  an  esperiul  indication  in  the 
treatment  of  the  opium  and  alcohol  habits.  In  these  deplorable  conditions  it  has  bocn  found  to  possess 
extraordinary  properties— relieving  the  sense  of  untold  bodily  and  mental  misery  wliich  follows  the  with- 
drawal of  the  accustomed  stimulus,  thus  preventing  a  return  to  the  narcotic,  and  attonling  an  opportunity 
for  building  up  the  system  by  the  administration  of  restorative  tonics. 
We  prepare  Fluid  Extracts  of  all  of  the  above  ilnigs. 
PARKE,  DAVIS  <fe  CO. 
MANUFACTURING  CHEMISTS 
r>ETirOIT,  1^1  ICH. 
