On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine . by weight. The strychnia is combined with a vegetableacid, the stry clinic or igasuric acid, and this renders the alkaloid solu-ble in water. There is another poisonous alkaloid associated withstrychnia in the seed, namely, brucia. This acts upon the body likestrychnia, but with about only one-sixth of the power. In additionto these poisonous alkaloids, the seed contains woody fibre, gum, wax,and oil. 662 NUX VOMICA POWDER. Nux vomica is commonly sold to the public in the form of a gray-ish-brown powder, at the rate of eight pence
On poisons in relation to medical jurisprudence and medicine . by weight. The strychnia is combined with a vegetableacid, the stry clinic or igasuric acid, and this renders the alkaloid solu-ble in water. There is another poisonous alkaloid associated withstrychnia in the seed, namely, brucia. This acts upon the body likestrychnia, but with about only one-sixth of the power. In additionto these poisonous alkaloids, the seed contains woody fibre, gum, wax,and oil. 662 NUX VOMICA POWDER. Nux vomica is commonly sold to the public in the form of a gray-ish-brown powder, at the rate of eight pence an ounce. In this stateit may be mistaken for the powders of numerous medicines—ipecacu-anha, cinchona bark, etc.; but it is known by its intensely bitter taste,which is persistent, and by the fact that, owing to the presence of brucia,it strikes a deep orange-red color when treated with strong nitric medicinal powders give, with this acid, a dingy green or browncolor. Nux vomica powder may, however, in the process of grinding, Fig. 66. Fig.
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