The Plants.

A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Prescription Writing

by Sam'l O. L. Potter, M.D., M.R.C.P.L., 1902.

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The plants, by latin name:

  1. Aconitum (Aconite)
  2. Amanita: Muscarina (Muscarine)
  3. Anamirta paniculata, Picrotoxinum (Picrotoxin)
  4. Aristolochia Serpentaria (Virginia Snake-root)
  5. Arnica and Trimethylamine
  6. Aspidosperma (Quebracho)
  7. Atropa Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)
  8. Baptisia (Wild Indigo)
  9. Berberis (Barberry)
  10. Bryonia (Bryony)
  11. Cannabis Indica (Indian Hemp)
  12. Cephaelis Ipecacuanha (Ipecac)
  13. Cimicifuga (Black Snake-root)
  14. Cinchona (Peruvian Bark)
  15. Cinchona Alkaloids
  16. Cinnamomum Camphora (Camphor)
  17. Claviceps purpurea, Ergota (Ergot)
  18. Coffea: Caffeina (Caffeine)
  19. Colchicum (Meadow Saffron)
  20. Conium (Hemlock)
  21. Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
  22. Cytisus Scoparius (Broom)
  23. Daphne Mezereum (Mezereon)
  24. Datura Stramonium (Thorn Apple)
  25. Digitalis (Foxglove)
  26. Dorema Ammoniacum (Ammoniac)
  27. Duboisia
  28. Erythroxylon Coca (Coca, Cuca)
  29. Eucalyptus (Blue Gum-tree)
  30. Ferula Asafoetida (Asafetida)
  31. Fucus Vesiculosus (Sea-Wrack)
  32. Gelsemium (Yellow Jasmine)
  33. Grindelia
  34. Guaiacum (Lignum Vitae)
  35. Humulus (Hops)
  36. Hydrastis (Golden Seal)
  37. Hyoscyamus (Henbane)
  38. Lactuca: Lactucarium (Lettuce)
  39. Lobelia (Indian Tobacco)
  40. Mentha: Mints and their Preparations
  41. Nicotiana Tabacum (Tobacco)
  42. Papaver somniferum, Opium
  43. Physostigma (Calabar Bean)
  44. Phytolacca (Poke)
  45. Pilocarpus (Jaborandi)
  46. Pinus: Turpentine, Pitch, Tar, etc.
  47. Pulsatilla (Pasque-flower)
  48. Sanguinaria (Blood-root)
  49. Sarsaparilla (Smilax)
  50. Stillingia (Queen's Root)
  51. Strophantus
  52. Strychnos Ignatia (St. Ignatius' Bean)
  53. Strychnos Nux Vomica
  54. Styrax Benzoin and Benzoic Acid
  55. Urginea maritima, Scilla (Squill)
  56. Valeriana (Valerian)
  57. Veratrum (Hellebore)
  58. Xanthoxylum (Prickly Ash)

Other

Alcohols and Aldehydes
Antiseptic Oils (volatile oils)
Anthelmintics
Bitters
Cathartics
Curare (Woorara)
Diuretics
Emetics
Emmenagogues
Oils and Fats
Salicin and Salicylic Acid
Tannic and Gallic Acids
Thymol and Menthol
Vegetable Acids

A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Prescription Writing, 1902, by Sam'l O. L. Potter, M.D., M.R.C.P.L.