Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition Page: 140
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140 NOTES ON THE NEWER REMEDIES.
NAREGAMIA.
This plant, belonging to the family iIeliacce and com-
monly called Goa ziecacuankla, is the Narcegainia alata,
which is stated to contain an alkaloid, narugamzie.
Therapeutic Applications.-This drug is said to be
highly serviceable in dysentery and bronchial catarrhs.
It is recommended also as an expectorant in diseases
of the respiratory tract, especially in pulmonary emphy-
sema.
Administration.-A tincture of the plant is given in
doses of from 16 to 48 minims (I to 3 grammes) per day.
NEURODIN.
Chemically, neurodin is the acctyl-paraoxyp/enyl-ure-
thane, and is obtained by acetylizing paroxyphenylure-
thane by heating with acetic-acid anhydride. This new
product is represented by the formula
/OCOH3
C \NHCOOC2H,.
Physical Properties.-Neurodin occurs in the form
of odorless and colorless crystals having a melting-point
of I88.6 F. (870 C.).
Solubility.-This drug is soluble in boiling water in
the proportion of I to 140 parts.
Therapeutic Applications. Neurodin is non-poison-
ous, and has antineuralgic and antipyretic properties.
It has been employed successfully in the treatment of
febrile diseases, such as pneumonia, typhoid fever, scar-
latina, pleurisy, and erysipelas. As an antineuralgic
remedy it has done good in a variety of nervous dis-
orders, among which may be mentioned ordinary head-
ache, cerebral tumor, migraine, neuralgia, locomotor
ataxia, sciatica, and rheumatic disturbances. This drug
has not produced symptoms of collapse, although the
fall of the bodily temperature under its influence is said
to be sometimes accompanied with profuse sweating,
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Cerna, David. Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition, book, 1894; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143542/m1/139/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.