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TE 1UCRIN.
which have a bitter taste and a slight camphor-like
odor.
Solubility.-This substance is soluble in about 450
parts of water, and in alcohol in the proportion of I to 5
parts.
Therapeutic Applications.-Tetronal is chiefly used
at present as a hypnotic.
Administration.-The dose of this remedy is from 1o
to 20 grains (o.6 to 1.2 grammes) twice or thrice daily.
It is best given in cachets or capsules.
TEUCRIN.
Teucrin is an aqueous extract obtained from Teucrium
scordium of the Labiatre, but whose chemical nature has
not been determined accurately, although it is said to
contain a large amount of sulphur, especially in the form
of the sulphide of calcium.
Physical Properties.-Teucrin occurs as a dark-brown
fluid of a pungent taste and a " cabbage-like smell." It
is acid in reaction, and has a sp. gr. of I 150.
Physiological Action.-Injected subcutaneously, teu-
crin produces in either healthy or sick persons a sudden
rise of the bodily temperature, reaching from 38.5 C. to
40 C. in from eight to ten hours. The fever thus caused
is aseptic, and the patients exhibit afterward a good ap-
petite, but their secretions and excretions remain un-
changed. Locally, this new substance produces a slight
swelling about the point of injection, and sometimes
cedema and pain, which in healthy individuals are apt to
last for twenty-four hours.
Therapeutic Applications.-This drug apparently has
been advantageously employed in the treatment of tuber-
culous abscesses. Its action resembles that of canthari-
dine and tuberculin, teucrin causing a local hyperaemia
around the remains of chronic inflammatory processes,
as well as an increase in the production of lymph, accom-
panied by constitutional symptoms, such as fever, tachy-
cardia, etc. It is claimed that the use of this new drugI99
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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/m1/198/: 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.