Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-02
THE NEW AN .ESTHETIC
COCAINE AZURE FOR DRUNKENNESS
AND OPIUM EATING.
Various Curious Substances and ENpen-
siVe Drugs-Antipyrin, Hyos"ysInin,
Er-eni-CaIabar Bean. Musk, Gin
s~ng, Etc. Metals Used.


rChrragn News
what is cocaine hydrochIoride. the
new ana sthetic. worth per ounce" asked
"A News reporter of a local druggist
Five hundred dCIhr>, he replied.
land it is not likely to be any cheaper
for some time TO come. However. 50
small a quantity Of the solution is re
quired for each operation that the cost 10
the patient need not be very great
why Is 1t 50 expensive"
because the salts Of cocaine had. be
fore this new demand arose, but very
limited sale in tins country and wholesale
I dealers carried but small stocks At last
accounts the supply of the alkalOid in
New York had been exhausted. while or
dcrs have accumulated in hundreds The
demand in Europe likewise has been SO
great us to dcp,ete the stock of the Ger
nan manufacturers The stock of coca
leaves both in Europe and America are re
I ported to bc small and largely of inferior
quality, 81 that the prospect OF supplying
/ large amounts Of the alkaloid in the near
future seems not very good on
know. of course that the value of
this ana sthetic 80 far ds dcmonstra
ted at present. i confined to operations
.
MA jority of cases that an application 10
/ the eye of few drops of or I per cent
solution will produce more or less com
pie, transient Inscnsibility TO pain. lOper-
| atiOns ordinarily requiring the use Of
ChlorOfOrm or ether have been performed
/ upon patients conscious of everything
being done but saved from pain by
weak aqueous solution of this salt
"CutSidc of ophthalmic practice this
substance has not been universally so sue
cessful although il has been used for a
month or six weeks by some Chicago
dentists 1t acts only on the mu, Gus
membrane, aid appears 10 have no
effect on the bone. Dentists Use
it on teeth requiring treatment
aud the removal of the nerves One told
me that he had placed cotton saturated
with few drops of a per cent solution
on the exposed nerve of a patients tooth
and removed the nerve without her cX-
pcrienCing any severcr pain than what
/ would I've occasioned by the prick of a pin
Another claim set up for it IS that it will
cure drunkenness and morphine taking
completely paralyzing the craving for
either alcohol or opium. An individual
cured OF either propensity Ivy its Use Is
said to have no relapsc~. and the disuse OF
the coca is easily cTadivated 1t is more
difficult to cure alcoholism with il than
morphine eating. for there is a direct an
tagonlsm between cocaine and morphine.
Another drug for which the demand
is greater than the supply at present is
autipyrin. 1t has been used with great
success in New \ lork hospital racti,e
1t possesses the remarkable + wer of
lowering the temperature in cases OF
fever 1t is an article manufactured and
sent out by German firm. The COmpO-
sition OF it has not been disclosed
A great many curious substances and
many expensive ones are used rs drugs.
HyUsc yamn. for instance. narcotic
used in conjunction and in place of opium
and its alkaoids. is worth Sl0I per ounce.
Erseni, preparation made from
the Calabar bean and used in
epilepsy. rheumatism, fevers. and for
local applications is valued at Sl2j
per ounce The Calabar Dean has some
thing the same properties aS strychnine,
and serves A. nerve tonic Morphine is
expensive. ranging in price from 81 to $S
per ounce Cf its various salts bimeCUuate
is the most costly and brings $40 per
ounce. Chloride of gold is worth Sl5
per ounce. Ii is used for sCrofula and
various chronic diseases of the blood.
Musk Is worth $40 an ounce. 1t is used
most largely. OF course. as perfume, but
occasionally to relieve spasms. 1t is OBJ
tanned from the musk on 1t is used for
burns by the Chinese 1t is believed the
Chinese have knowledge of many valu-
able remedies which would be of great
benefit TO science but they jealousy guard
their secrets
Ergotin is curious but inexpensive
drug being worth but 81 cents an ounce at
Wholesale Ii is used in apOpleXy. 1t is
a fungus growth found on the rye in
Normandy. \ similar growth on the rye
in this country contains very little ergo
tin, even less than that found in the smut
on corn. The wild ginseng root was used
a few years ago extensively as a tonic.
many persons smoking it. The demand
is less now. some people in the WisCon
sin woods really made a living Just
searching out the wild ginseng Its roots
are very tine aud light and it re ,uires
considerable quantity to make a pound.
Ii seems to neceSsitate the possession of a
LeCuliar instinct to discover where it
grows-sOmething like that which leads
wild bee trackcrs to the haunts where the
bees have stored their honey The most
successful ginseng gatherer | ever knew
was an old woman nearly 20
There are many valuable metals used
in pharmacy. Nanadium a white metal
discovered in 1880 is worth $40 900 per
avordupois pound An alkaline metal
called rubidium is worth 5000 per
pound IirConium, metal obtained
from zircon and hyacinth in the form of
a black powder. is worth 5000 per
per pound Terbium, Swedish
metal is worth S40I0 per pound
pound There are many others of great
value used as medicines, Magnesium,
the metal base of common magnesia is
valued at SOL per pound
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