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192 NOTES ON THE NEWER REMEDIES.
Administration.-The daily dose of this salt may be
put down as from 2 to 2 ~ drachms (8 to Io grammes).'
STROPHANTHIN.
A glucosidal principle extracted from the seeds of
several species of the strophanthus plant, chiefly Stro-
phanthus hispidus. Strophantlin has the formula C20-
H,4010.
Physical Properties.-This principle appears as a
white amorphous or crystalline powder having an in-
tensely bitter taste.
Solubility.-This drug is readily soluble in water and
in alcohol.
Therapeutic Applications.-This remedy has been
used largely as a heart-tonic, mainly as a substitute for
digitalis, and particularly in those cases in which the
latter drug fails to act. It has been used with asserted
success in the treatment of pruritus.
Administration.-The daily dose of strophanthin is
put down as from to of a grain (o.ooi to 0.002
gramme). Hypodermatically, it may be given in doses
of to T 0 of a grain (0.0003 to o.ooo6 gramme).
STRYCHNINE.
The salt of this drug lately tried in practical thera-
peutics is the arsenate. It is represented by the formula
C2, H2,NO2,As.
Physical Properties.-Arsenate of strychnine occurs
as a white crystalline powder having, like the alkaloid
itself, a very bitter taste.
Therapeutic Applications.-This salt has mainly
been employed as a tonic and diuretic. It has been
tried with apparent benefit in the treatment of pulmo-
nary phthisis.
1 Two other salts, phosphate and orthophosphate, of strontium are at present
being tried in medicine, but the results have not been sufficiently reported to
draw any conclusions regarding their therapeutic value.
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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/m1/191/: 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.