NAMES, PROPERTIES, AND DOSES OF MEDICINE. 163 
the surface from becoming dry. It has been proposea as a 
substitute for sugar in the diet of diaketic patients. Taken 
internally it is slightly aperient. Dose: 1 to 2 drachms. Safe. 
3d per oz. 
GuaraAna.—A dried paste prepared from the powdered 
seeds of Paullinia Soebilis, from Brazil. It has been recom- 
mended as a remedy for migraine or sick headache. One or 
two doses will frequently ward off a threatened attack in 
persons liable to recurrent paroxysms of the disorder, but its 
action is somewhat uncertain. Dose: 15 to 380 grains in 
powder or infusion, and repeated if necessary, in two hours’ 
Safe. 1s. 6d. per oz. 
Guatacum Woop (Lignum Vite).—The heart wood of 
guaiacum officinalis, native of St. Domingoand Jamaica. The 
chips of guaiacum are generally used in conjunction with 
sarsaparilla, sassafras, and other alteratives. The resin taken 
from the chips is employed in chronic forms of rheumatism, 
especially that form called cold rheumatism, in which the 
symptoms are relieved by warmth; also in chronic gout, and 
many other affections, as skin diseases and dysmenorrhea. 
Dose of the resin, 10 to 30 grains. Safe. Chips, 3d per 
oz.; gum, 9d per oz. 
HorrrmMan’s Anopyne.—(Compound spirit of ether) is a 
mixture of ether and spirits, two of the former and eight of 
the latter. .Used in flatulency, colic, and as a diffusive 
stimulant. Half to two drachms. Usecarefully. 9d. peroz. 
HensBaneE Leaves.—The fresh leaves of Hyoscyamus Niger. 
Henbane appears to act as belladonna and stramonium, but is 
much milder, and is used chiefly as a sedative in certain excited 
conditions of the nervous system when opium is not advisable. 
Tt is also employed to diminish pain and allay irritation of the 
bladder, to prevent the griping of purgative medicines, ease 
cough, and diminish pain in many other diseases. Dose of the 
extract, one to two grains ; of the tincture, half to one drachm. 
Dangerous. Leaves 4d. per oz.; extract 6d. per drachm; 
tincture 6d. per oz. 
