Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . ce by soldiers stationed in Algiers between 1830 and1850, for whom it had been prescribed as a remedy for fever, andits employment spread thence into other countries. Its use be-comes a habit like that of alcohol, but its effects are more de-moralizing. It produces hal-lucinations and loss of men-tal balance without destroy-ing the power of action. Itshabitual use brings on trem-ors and paralysis in thearms especially, with epi-lepsy and delusional in-sanity. Adre
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . ce by soldiers stationed in Algiers between 1830 and1850, for whom it had been prescribed as a remedy for fever, andits employment spread thence into other countries. Its use be-comes a habit like that of alcohol, but its effects are more de-moralizing. It produces hal-lucinations and loss of men-tal balance without destroy-ing the power of action. Itshabitual use brings on trem-ors and paralysis in thearms especially, with epi-lepsy and delusional in-sanity. Adrenalin is an extract de-rived from the suprarenalglands of animals. It wasfirst prepared by Takaminein 1901 as a crystalline sub-stance. Similar extracts aremade under the names ofhemisine, Ienaglandin, su-pranenin, adnephrin, vaso-constrictine, etc.; and thesubstance is also preparedsynthetically. Commonly it Alder is used in strength of 1 part to 1000 of water or oil, in a sprayfor hay fever, etc., in suppositories for piles, by injection forcollapsed conditions, and by direct application to check bleed-ing from wounds. 1145. 1146 MATERIA MEDICA Alder.—This shrub is a native of the New England States. Itsbark and leaves are valuable as an alterative and in lungtroubles. A tea sweetened with sugar will be found good for theremoval of worms in the stomachs of children. The bark isrecommended to purify the blood. It may be taken plain or incombination with other drugs. Alkali is a substance which neutralizes an acid to form a salt,and turns litmus and other vegetable dyes blue. Alkalies aregenerally oxides or carbonates of metals. Ammonia, lithia, pot-ash, and soda are the principal alkalies; the carbonates of theseact as weaker alkalies, and their bicarbonates still weaker. Lime,magnesia, baryta, and strontia are called alkaline earths, andact as alkalies. Further, substances which in the body are con-verted into alkalies, such as acetates, citrates, and tartrates, arecalled *
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