A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Seed. Flattish, round, nearly kidney-shaped, one to one and one-half milli-meter (^g. to y1^ inch) long, externally gray or yellowish-gray, pitted ; grayish-white within. The embryo is ; taste oily, bitter, acrid. Constituents.—The alkaloid hyoscya-mine is found in the henbane seeds in largerquantities than in the leaves. The seeds alsocontain about twenty-four per cent, fixed amorphous, yellowish, bitter glucosidecalled hyoscypicrin, soluble in water and inalcohol, has also been seeds are said to be three or fou
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . Seed. Flattish, round, nearly kidney-shaped, one to one and one-half milli-meter (^g. to y1^ inch) long, externally gray or yellowish-gray, pitted ; grayish-white within. The embryo is ; taste oily, bitter, acrid. Constituents.—The alkaloid hyoscya-mine is found in the henbane seeds in largerquantities than in the leaves. The seeds alsocontain about twenty-four per cent, fixed amorphous, yellowish, bitter glucosidecalled hyoscypicrin, soluble in water and inalcohol, has also been seeds are said to be three or four times as strong as the leaves,and the dose must be lessened — to 1 gram (4 to 15 grains). HYOSCYAMI SEMINIS EXTRACTUM Extract of Hyoscyamus Seed. To make five hundred cubic centimeters (or its equivalent—17 U. ), use five hundred grams (or its equivalent—17f avoirdupoisounces) of the drug, in No. GO powder. As a menstruum use alcohol. Dose.— to 1 cubic centimeter (3 to 15 minims).. Figs. 307, 308.—HyoscyamusSeed, whole, and longitudinalsection, enlarged. UNITED STATES PHAKMACOPCEIA. 587 HYOSCYAMI SEMINIS TINCTUKA. TlNCTURE OF HYOSCYAMUS SEED. Prepared by percolating ninety grams (or 3 ounces) hyoscyamusseed, in No. 40 powder, with diluted alcohol to obtain six hundred cubiccentimeters (20 fluidounces) tincture. ? Dose.—One to three cubic centimeters (15 to 45 minims). Hypophosphites. Hypophosphites. The compound preparations of the hypophosphites of calcium,sodium, potassium, and iron are extensively employed for medicinalpurposes. As they do not properly belong under the title of any singleone of their ingredients, we insert these preparations here as a class. Medicinal Uses.—The preparations containing hypophosphitesare supposed to be of value in diseases accompanied with a deficiencyof lime salts and phosphorus in the system, as in anosmia^ caries,rickets, consumption, etc. HYPOPHOSPH1TIS CALCII SYKUPUS. S
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