This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...Resin cells. Asarum. No resin cells. Starch mostly compound Colchicum (corm). Starch mostly simple. Valerian. Starch granules small, aggregate. Spiral ducts, with crystals. Podophyllum. No spiral ducts. Caulophyllum. Apocynum can. Serpentaria. Leptandra. Cimicifuga. Belladonna. Rheum. Ipecac. Bryonia alb. LIGNIFIED ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...Resin cells. Asarum. No resin cells. Starch mostly compound Colchicum (corm). Starch mostly simple. Valerian. Starch granules small, aggregate. Spiral ducts, with crystals. Podophyllum. No spiral ducts. Caulophyllum. Apocynum can. Serpentaria. Leptandra. Cimicifuga. Belladonna. Rheum. Ipecac. Bryonia alb. LIGNIFIED ELEMENTS WANTING OR VERY SPARINGLY PRESENT: Starch present. Not dextrinized. Dextrinized. No starch present. With trichomes (aggregate). No trichomes. Small, cylindrical, irregular elements. Elements not cylindrical. Yellow pear-shaped glands. Yellowish, spheroidal or triangular spores. Amylum Dextrinum. KamalaA Ergot. Lupulin. Lycopodium. Under "amylum" is included the various commercial starches and the cereal meals and various commercial products rich in starch, as macaroni, sphagetti, sago, etc. tQuite generally adulterated with starch and sand. PART II. Special Description of Vegetable Powders. It is hoped that the student will keep the following introductory suggestions in mind, as they will aid very materially in the effective application, in drug examination, of the special descriptions given. The vegetable powders described are arranged in alphabetical order for convenience of study and cross reference. Those marked U. S. are official in the Pharmacopoeia of 1900, which will be issued soon. Those marked (U. S., 1890) were official in the Pharmacopoeia of 1890, but are to be excluded from the issue of 1900. Upon comparing the Pharmacopoeia of 1890 with the next issue, it will be found that forty-four drugs of vegetable origin (not counting preparations) are excluded, while only four new ones are admitted, namely, branches of Cactus grandiflorus, seeds of Cola acuminata, fruit of Sabal serrulata, and roots of Scopola carniolica. ...
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