. The Pharmaceutical era. ,Tubers, Bulbs, etc). Twigs and Woods, Pith,Barks. Leaves and Leaflets, Flowers, Petalsand Stigmas, Fruits, Seeds, Accessory partsor appendages. B. DRUGS WITHOUT CELLULAR STRUCTURE. (a) Extractive substances—Extracts, concretejuices, expressed juices, etc. (b) Saccharine substances. (c) Mucilaginous substances. (d) Resinous Substances—Resins, Gum Resins,Oleo Resins, Balsams. (e) Oleaginous Substances—Volatile Oils, FixedOils, Fats, Waxes. II.—ANIMAL DRUGS. A.—ANIMALS. (e) TISSUES AND this synopsis before us let us endeavor to fol-lo
. The Pharmaceutical era. ,Tubers, Bulbs, etc). Twigs and Woods, Pith,Barks. Leaves and Leaflets, Flowers, Petalsand Stigmas, Fruits, Seeds, Accessory partsor appendages. B. DRUGS WITHOUT CELLULAR STRUCTURE. (a) Extractive substances—Extracts, concretejuices, expressed juices, etc. (b) Saccharine substances. (c) Mucilaginous substances. (d) Resinous Substances—Resins, Gum Resins,Oleo Resins, Balsams. (e) Oleaginous Substances—Volatile Oils, FixedOils, Fats, Waxes. II.—ANIMAL DRUGS. A.—ANIMALS. (e) TISSUES AND this synopsis before us let us endeavor to fol-low the order it presents and name the official drugsunder each group and its subdivisions. In the first groupwe have: WHOLE PLANTS, LEAFY TOPS, ETC. Herbs—Absinthum, chlrata, cannabis Indlca,chelldonium, eupatorium, grindelia, hedeoma,lobelia, marrubium, melissa, mentha piperitamentha vlrldls, Pulsatilla, scoparius, Scutellaria,tanacetum. Leafy Tops—Savin. Algffi—Chondrus. Lichens—Cetrarla. Fungi— Fig. 4. Powdered viburnum opulus, x 400: a, bast fibresIn bark, situated in middle bark; b, middle bark cells;c, outer layer of middle bark; d, fragments of corklayer. General Chapaclerislics of the 1st Group.— In this division ofdrugs there Is one notable characteristic which any botani-cal student will recognize as important. We are supposedto have here all parts of the plant represented, and con-sequently It may be possible to Identify the Individualmembers by consulting a botanical /vey, but this Is ren-dered difficult and sometimes impossible by the fact thatmany members of the group come to us In a very muchbroke and dried condition. Still, when an official herbis presented to a botanical student for recognition heat once asks the question: To what natural order ofplants does this belong? By the aid of a pocket lens hecan, after soaking them In water, examine fragments ofstem, leaf and flower, and thus otlentimes decide fromwhat natural order the plan
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