. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. g mostly of methyl-salicylic acid, with about one-tenth of a peculiar hydro-carbon, gaultherilene. It is a colorless, yellow or red-dish liquid (according to age), of a peculiar strong andaromatic odor, a sweetish, warm, and aromatic taste, anda slightly acid reaction. Sp. gr. about It is read-ily soluble in alcohol. Like sassafras, cinnamon, and other pleasant aro-matics, wintergreen is almost entirely used as a flavor,and enters into several officinal pr
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. g mostly of methyl-salicylic acid, with about one-tenth of a peculiar hydro-carbon, gaultherilene. It is a colorless, yellow or red-dish liquid (according to age), of a peculiar strong andaromatic odor, a sweetish, warm, and aromatic taste, anda slightly acid reaction. Sp. gr. about It is read-ily soluble in alcohol. Like sassafras, cinnamon, and other pleasant aro-matics, wintergreen is almost entirely used as a flavor,and enters into several officinal preparations for thatpurpose. Its relation to salicylic acid has led to its em- ployment in rheumatism. Dose of the oil, from five totwenty drops. Preparations : Of the oil, spirit (Spiritus Gaultheria,U. S. Ph.) tJt, in alcohol; of the leaves, there are -r$anin the compound syrup of sarsaparilla. Allied Plants.—See Bearberry. Allied Drugs.—See Cinnamon. W. P. Bollcs. \N\TCHHteEL(Hamamdi*, U. S. Ph.); Ilamamelismr-ginica Linn. ; Order, HarnamelidacecB. This is a shrubfive, ten, or more feet high, with slender, grayish-brown,. Fig. 4616. -Witchhazel; Flowering Branch. (Baillon.) rather straggling or spreading branches, and oblong orobovate, short-stemmed, slightly heart-shaped, sinuate-toothed, nearly smooth leaves. Its flowers are small, inlittle, sessile, axillary clusters, and appear late in the au-tumn : they persist through most of the winter, the fruitfrom them ripening in the following summer. Calyxfour-parted; corolla of four long, narrow, strap-shaped,yellow petals, stamens, eight, short; pistil, one, with twostyles ; and a two-celled, two-ovuled ovary. Witchhazel grows in moist woods, and is common overa large portion of the United States. It is an old remedyof the Indians, and is said to have been introduced to ournotice by them ; but its present popularity as a wash forbruises and wounds in household practice is of verymodern growth. The leaves are officinal, and w
Size: 1637px × 1526px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectmedicine, bookyear188
