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General
{Feter Tree—Auefralian. Gvm Tree.)
The Eucalyptus globulus belongs to the natural order of Myrtacete, the eame as the Clove {Cm-yophyllm wramatic.ua). the C^eput (Melalsuca •minor), and the Pimento <_Eugenia pimeata).
There are over s, hundred epecies in this genus, of which this is one of the noblest.
It often grows to a size simply gigantic, sometimes being two hundred feet high and fifteen feet in diameter.
The wood is very dense and hard.
The leaves are greeD, growing on a short stem, are quite thick and leathery, with a well marked nervule through the centre, shaped like a epear, and curved something like a scytiie-blade.
They grow in two distinct forms from opposite sides of the stem or branch, and consequently two leaves cannot be superimposed, unless taken from the same side of the stalk.
ft is a native of the Australian and Tasmanian forests, but is quile easily acclimated in nearly all parts of the temperate zone. There seems to be a remarkable freedom from malarious diseases in any localities where these trees are grown. I would suggest that their cultivation on some of the malarious districts of our country would not only be practicaJ, but would do more toward preventing intermittenia than all our skill in the use of remedies can accomplish.
The cliemical analyaiB made by Oloez of the leaves shows a small quan- tity of resin and a large quantity of essential oil and tannin.
An essence called Encalyptol has been obtained fi'om these leaves; its chemical formula is Cao Hao O a , being almost exactly of the same compo- sition of Camphor— boils at between 170° and 175°— its density is 0.905.
No immediate crystalized substance has yet been found. Eucalyptol has a peculiar agreeable odor resembling camphor, lavender and walnut, and is fragrant.
The taste is aromatic, but bitter and somewhat acrid, and excites tbo salivary glands.
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Phahjiacbuticai.. — The tinctnre is made hy breaking dried leaves finely, and to one ounce add two ounces of distilled water and eiglit ounces of alcohol, allow it to stand seven daj^, filter and run up the first and second dilutions with dilute alcohol, above tlie second with alcohol,
Oppicinai. Prepaeatiohs.— Tincture ; dilutions.
AsALOaxjES.—Arsenieum, Bapiitia, China, Oe^on, OarboUe aeid, Soda Sulphite, Oflrmts, Copaiva, OiibebiB.
Mind
General inental excitement.
A desire to be conatantly moving about.
A general mental exhilaration.
Sensation of intoxication (as from a room recently painted
with turpentine, or full of the perfume of flowers).
Head
* Nervous headaches, and othei' pains of the head, which are
not exactly periodic. Congestive headache, in plethoric subjects, followed by real
Fever
Dull, heavy, frontal headache, wiihyktllness of the head. Dull, heavy feeling of the head. ° Headache in anaemic persons — ^it relieves the pain and causes
Eyes
Hot, burning, smarting sensation {as from a cold.) Lids feel heavy. " Catarrhal and gonorrhceal ophthalmia.
Faoe. Flushed face, with congested appearance.
1 up sensation in the nose. Tightness across the bridge of the nose, as if epistaxis would
set in. Thin, watery coryza.
" Chronic catarrh of the nasal passages, even when purulent and ftetid (cured by inhalations of Eucalyptus.) Houth and Throat. " Burning sensation, extending to pliarynx and cesophagns, with thirst.
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* Excessive secretion of saliva.
Throat feels full ; sore on swallowing.
Expectoration of a white, thick, frothy mucus.
Sensation as of phlegm in the throat all the time.
On examination of the throat I found it relaxed and j.
Strong- smelling eructations.
Eructations tasting of eucalyptus for hours after taking the drug.
Slow digestion; eructations and bloating.
Hot, burning sensation in the stomach.
Improves the appetite.
Sensation of having eaten or drank too mnch.
A strange sinking, faint sensation at stomach.
Tenderness and burning sensation in the region of the stomach and bowels, with great heat in the rectum, which was followed by tenesmus, with discharge of mucus and great prostration. Violent purgation and haemorrhage from the bowels ensued.
Burning sensation in the epigastric and umbilical regions, to- gether with tormenting tliirst, faintness, vertigo, dimness of sight; a sense of fullness in the head, with dull frontal headache, a tightness across the bridge of the nose, as if profuse epistaxis would set in.
Abdomen
Feeling of weight in epigastrium.
Uncomfortable pressure and fullness in the umbilical region.
Slight aching pains in upper part of bowels, then extending all through the bowels.
Sensation in bowels as if he would have a diarrhoea. Spleen.
(Dr. Master experimented on animals, and found that it pro- duced, like quinine, contraction of the spleen, which, under its use, becomes more resistant and hard, its sur- lace granulated, and the whole organ diminished in size.)
Stool
* Dysentery, with heat in the rectum, tenesmus, discharge of mucus, great prostration ; hiemorrhage from the bowels.
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Yiolent purgation, with hseinorrhage from the bowels.
Constipation of short duration.
*Thin, watery diarrhcea, preceded by sharp, aching pains in
lower part of bowels. (The prover, some weeks after getting this symptom, having the same kind of a diarrhcea, took Eucalyptus, and with the best of reenlts.) " Typhoid diarrhtBa and dysentery. ° Chronic diarrhtea, mucous and bloody.
Urine
" Incontinence of urine. " Diuresis, nocturnal and diurnal, " Vesical catarrh. ° Suppressed urine, A sensation as if the bladder had lost its expulsive force.
Generative Org ana. ° Ulcer around the oriiice of the female urethra.
"Kecent cases of syphilitic chancres. ° G-onorrbcea syphilitica. ° Leucorrhcea, of acrid, fcetid mucus.
" Spasmodic stricture of the urethra.
Chest
° Bronchitis, in old and feeble persons. Eespiratory movements (quickened.
" Cardiac asthma/ allays the terrible dyspncea of this affection. ° Strong beating of the abdominal aorta synchronous with the
beating of the heart. ° Aneurisms irwol/oing ^esswre on the vagus and its branches ^No remedy is so efficacious in allaying pain, relieving dyspnffia, calming irritation,, and producing sleep in pa- tients suffering from the above conditions. {Dr.
McLean.) Lower Extremities.
Dr.
Pignedupritier, of the Frendli Hospital, reports a case ot arteritis of the leg, succeeded by gangrene, so high up as to prevent amputation.
A large ulcer supervened, the odor from which was horrible.
After trj-ing all the disin- fectants he knew of, he, as a last resort, applied a decoc- tion of eucalyptus, and says that, without exaggeration, the bad odor was all gone in five minutes.
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388' EUCALYPTD8 GLOBtlLITS.
In laoth upper and lower extremities, pricking sensations were first noticed and followed by painful aching in both arms and legs, together with a sense of fullness in the veins, and a stiff, weary sensation, as if too lazy to move.
Skin
" Ulcers from a varix, of a year's duration.
"FistulooB ulcerSjdiBcbarging ichorous matter, of afcetid odor.
° Suppurating wounds; prevents gangrene.
Eru^ions on the skin, of a herpetic character; glandular en iargements; and foul, indolent ulcera.
A lad thirteen years of age, who appeared to be suffering from rheumatic fever.
The usual remedies were of no servico.
On more closely examining the boy's condition, 1 found many nodular swellings over the metacarpal and metatar- sal joints.
He could neither walk nor carry anything without great pain.
Noticing a similarity of the symp- toms the Eucalyptus produced on himeeif, he accused the patient with having eaten the leaves of the tree, and on pressing him he found that he had eaten largely of the gam, and bad chewed many leaves.
Dr.
F. believes tliat his symptoms were entirely due to the leaves and product of the Eucalyptus.
Generalities
Kheumatic pains, jerking, tearing, stitching — worse at night —
■followed by swellings in different parts of the body; one
below the nipple, a little to tlie right side; about the size
of a filbert, the seat of stitching and darting pains.
Fever
[Infueiana, or water containiog infusoria, cryptogamic organisma, aod
bftcteria, are purified by the additioD of Eucalyptus.]
" Semittent fevers/ agues.
° Tuberculous hectic fevers, with profuse sweats.
Intermittent fever; quotidian tertian and double tertian.
" iTvt&rmiMent fever when guvma fails.
' Quinine cachexias.
" Typhoid fevers, etc. " Malarious fevers do not exist in locaiitiea where this tree grows," "Travelers who drink of the water In which this Iree grows, or in
vaich the leaves have fallen, are not unpleasantly affected by it." {Bee TMTapeutice, Vol JL)
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DIGITALINB, iiOV
DIGIT ALINE.
(The alkaloid oj Digitalis.)
Dbboriptioh — Digitaline (not the spurious substance called by this uame maDUfactured by var ous firms throughout the country, which are get erally inert or less powerful than the dried leaves) is the eryttaUixed HCtne].nnciple of Digitaiis It occurs in short and delicate ncedlc-sbaped crystals, and possesses an intense and persistent bitter taste ; slightly solu- ble in water-soluble in 13 paits of cold and 0 of boiling alcohol of 90", less soluble in absolute alcohol; nearly insoluble in ether, very soluble in chloroform.
Amorphous Digitaline is a whitish or yellowish powder, odorless, but of » very bitter taste, nearly insoluble in ether and water, readily soluble In alcohol. Crude Digitalis is said to contain 10 or 12 per cent, of crystal, lizable Digitaline, which is said to be somewhat more powerful than tho Amnrplious Digitaline.
Ofpicujai pBEPAHATiONfi. — Triturations of either of the above anb stances (always on the centesaimal scale), up to the 3d; afterwards, dila lions with strong alcohol.
AjfALOauBS. — AmygdOila amara, Prunva, Cerasug, Hydroei/anio (Kid, LyeopUA, Bquilla, Collinsonia, Iberia, etc.
(See Therapeutics, Vol. II.)
EaUISBTUM HYEMALB.
(Scouring Btish.) Desceiption
This rush is sometimes called Horsetail, to the northern and western parts of the United States, growing in wet grounds or river banks; maturing in June and July.
The plant abounds in Silex, which it absorbs from the soil.
The whole plant is medicinal.
Os-FicnrAL Peep ABATIONS
Tincture of the fresh plant ; inl'usion.
Analogdes
Cannabis, Oalifim, Epigea, etc.
(JVo Frotings.) " Dysv/na ofworfien; symptoms, extreme and frequent urging: to urinate, with severe pain, especially iminediatehf after the urine is voided. {Dr.
J.
S.
Ma/rsden.) Taiiit'nl urination, witli albutninous urine.
(/5.) ° Dysuria after confinement and during pregnancy, (./i.)
[Dr.
M. says it is one of the most reliable remedies he has tried, in such: cases as the above.
He uses it in infusion, pouring hot water on the stalks.
A tablespoonful every two or tJiree hours.]
Dinretic and astringent. (King.)
"An infusion lias been found useful in dropsy, suppression^
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290 ergotuct;.
of Tirine, gravel, hfematiiria, and hepatic affectioiie; also gonorrhcea and gleet, (-Z5.) ° The ashea of this rnsh are very valuable in dyspepsia, con- nected with obstinate acidity of the stomach. (/5.)
ERGOTINB.
(jilt active principle qf Secale a Phabmaoology
There are several substances known as E Che "Ergotine of Wiggers," anii "Winkler's ErgoUne," to which may he added the most recent ami, probably, the best, " Squibb's Ergotine." They are all extracts, not alkaloids.
To be active in its powers, and fully rep- resent the Secalc, It must he a compound extract, coDta,iiiiiig tlie so-called Beealine and Eeboline.
It is found in Ustilago.
They are all dark-brown, semi-fluid, or soft-solid substances, having the charaeteristic odor of the Ergot of Bye, viz.; an odor of herring-brine, or propylamine.
Soluble in water, or dilute alcohol.
Squibb's Ergotine (or Extract), is the most trustworthy preparation.
Officimai, Pkepakatioms. — (1) Triturations with pure sugar of milk (for internal administration);
(3) Solution, 5 grs. in two drams of water (for hypodermic injection) ;
(3) Dilutions, with dilute alcohol to the 8 x afterwards witli strong alcohol.
(See Therapeutics, Vol. II.)
ERYNGIUM AaUATICUM.
(Button Snake Soot.)
DBSCJtiPTiOH
This singular looking plant reminds one of an Endogen.
The lea/ves are one or two feet long by half-an-inch to an incli wide, broadly linear, parallel-veined, taper pointed, grass-like, ciliate, with remote, soft spines.
The fiowers are disposed in a globular head, often over an inch in diameter.
It grows in damp places, not in water, and is common on prairies.
The root is dark brown, very knotty, rhizoma wrinkled horizon, tally, fibres of the same color, growing downward.
Internally, it is yellow- ish-wliite, with an odor somewhat resembling Iris d,, and a sweetisli, aromatic taste, like Aralia roe., succeeded by a bitterness and a pungency affecting the fauces.
Dr.
Tully says the taste resembles that (if Senega.
Officinal Pbepakationb. — (1) Tincture of root; dilutions; (3) Tritu- rations of the dried rooL
ANAi/J&ITKa. — Asdepiaa tuheroaa, Copaina, Gelseminum, H^a/r Svl^lwr, Kali bichromicum, Laehesia, Senega, Spongia, Senecio, 8epi(i.
Mental Sphere.
Unable to concentrate his thoughts.
Depressed in spirits.
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EEYNGIUM AQVA-nCUii. 291
Head
Vertigo, after dinner.
Dull, heavy pains in the temporal bones.
Dull, dragging pain in the oceipnt.
Shooting pains in the coronary region.
Frontal headache of a dull, acliing character.
Expanding sensation in frontal region, over tlie eyes, with dimness of sight.
Pain in the occiput, extending into the eyes, and into the neck, and down between the shoulders.
Scalp sore on pressnre, and pains on combing the hair.
Eyes
Irritated by strong light, producing a smarting, bnrniug sen- sation.
Eyes congested, with heavy aching, and dull expressioH.
Severe pains over left eye, of a tearing, burning character.
° Violent ophthalmia in a scrofulous patient.
Ears
Burning, tearing pain, as if they were being torn from the head.
Mouth and.
Throat.
Tongne and fauces very dry, with insipid taste, thick, tena- cious, yellowish-colored mucus in the morning.
Smarting, burning pain; raw, smarting pain on left side.
Sensation as if a lump was in the throat.
Can not bear the clothing close around the throat.
" Chronic laryngitis.
Stomach
Slight naasea, with drawing, cramping pains.
Hot, burning pains extending np the (Esophagus.
Heavy, dragging pain, with a feeling of emptiness.
Nausea and retching, with inclination to stool.
°S])itting up of bright arterial blood, mixed with black clots, with burning in the epigastrium, after a blow on the stomach. [Dr. Oushmg.)
Abdomen
Severe pain in the. left groin, passing down into the left testicle.
Severe colic-like pains in small intestines.
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292 EBYNGIXTM AQUATtCUM.
Sharp, piercing pains in the bowele, in the niorning, with bloated sensation and heaviness in abdomen, and sore- ness on pressure.
° HEemorrhoids and prolapsus ani.
Stool
Dai'k leaden color, dry and very hard.
Tenesmus at stool, with a sensation of cutting.
" Mneoiis diarrhoea of children.
Urine
Freqnent desire to urinate, after evacuation of the bladder, ■with continued dripping for a few moments after urin- ating.
Urine decreased in q^uantity and darker at night.
Urine deposits a white floceulent matter, s. g. 1016.
° Dropsy, of an asthenic character.
Generative Organs.
Stinging, burning sensation in the urethra, beliind the glans- penis, during urination.
Severe pain in left testicle, worse on exercise.
" Gonorrhcea, with painful erections. ° Gleet.
° Emissions at night, with erections, with great lassitude and
Depression of the virile force. " Leneorrhcea,
Larynx
Smarting in larynx and bronchii; slight dyspntea.
Eespiratioiis rather shorter than normal.
" Cough, with sensation of constriction in the throat.
"Laryngeal irritations; short, hacking cough.
Neck
Rheumatic pains in the posterior portions.
Back and Shoulders.
Dull, dragging pains in the lumbar region.
Itheumatic paine in the left shoulder.
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