108  Additional  Notes  on  Scopola  Carniolica.  {Am*J^iI&am- 
ally  several  buds,  and  has  few  long  rootlets."  However,  the 
drug  appears  to  have  attracted  little  attention  at  that  time, 
even  in  Austria  and  Hungary ;  for  it  is  not  mentioned  in 
Prof.  Schroff's  Pharmacologic  (1863),  nor  in  the  official  report 
by  the  same  author  on  the  medicinal  substances  exhibited  in 
1873,  at  the  international  exposition  at  Vienna. 
According  to  Schleiden  ( 'Pharmacognosies  1857,  p.  501),  the 
leaves  of  this  plant  are  employed  in  Southern  Europe  in  pre- 
cisely the  same  manner  as  belladonna  leaves.  It  is  probable 
that  these  references  are  based  upon  the  observations  of  Dr. 
Lippich  mentioned  above. 
A  brief  notice  of  the  latter  was  published  in  Buchner's 
Reportorhtm  (1844)  lxxxiv,  p.  386,  in  connection  with  a  note  on 
an  essay  by  Dr.  Kostl.1  "  Scopolina  atropoides  merits  all  praise 
as  an  excellent  remedy  in  salivation,  ulcers  of  the  mouth  fol- 
lowing the  use  of  mercury,  offensive  breath  from  ulcerations, 
scrofulous  ulcers  of  the  nose,  syphilitic  ulcers,  bone  ache, 
aphthae,  etc.  Prof.  Lippich  has  published  in  detail  his  obser- 
vations with  the  remedy  in  the  medical  annals  (Jahrbucher)oi 
Austria,  vol.  xx.  .  .  .  It  is  used  like  belladonna ;  the  root 
seems  to  merit  the  preference.  .  .  .  Most  interesting  in- 
formation is  contained  in  vol.  ii,  p.  771-775  of  "  Die  neuesten 
Entdeckungen  in  Materia  Medica,"  by  Prof.  Dr.  Dierbach. 
Previous  to  that  time  the  plant  was  also  mentioned  in  cer- 
tain works.  Thus,  Martius  {Pharmakognosie,  1832,  p.  174) 
stated  that  the  leaves  have  been  mistaken  for  belladonna; 
and  Kosteletzky  {Med.  PJiar.  Flora,  1832,  p.  944)  described  the 
plant  and  added  that  "  it  possesses  the  same  narcotic  proper- 
ties as  hyoscyamus,  and  has  also  been  employed  by  several 
physicians  in  various  nervous  complaints,  but  on  account  of 
its  limited  occurrence  has  never  been  in  general  use." 
The  plant  and  its  uses  are  not  alluded  to  in  the  universal 
pharmacopoeias  by  Jourdan  and  by  Geiger  and  Mohr,  which 
were  published  about  the  same  time  as  the  two  works  last 
mentioned.    But  in  some  later  works  the  statement  is  found 
1  Observationes  et  experientiae,  quas  citra  remedia  eorumque  formulas  in  In- 
stitute) medico-clinico  Patavino  a  Prof.  Lippich  directo,  septem  annorum  (1834 
-1841)  cursu  prsescribi  solita  conscripsit,  et  medicorum  usui  adcommodavit  Dr 
F.  Kostl.  Viennae,  1843,  apud  Braunmiiller  et  Seidel. 
