Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22

| used for the same purpose as atropine. It
Is less toxic than atrOpiue and when it is
| Used to dilate the pupil of the eye the pupil
SUBSIDIES more quickly than after the use
| of atropine. Laudanine obtained from
| opium, and somewhat resembling strych-
nine, sells for 50 for fifteen grains and
lanthanum a $40 for fifteen grains Lau-
CANINE is crystalline aikaloid, sometimes
colorless, sometimes pale red. Lanthanum
Is a rare metal dark, of a gray lead color
Another metal. erbium. a dark gray pow
ger, Is among the drugs at $50 for fifteen
grains.
Notwithstanding is quoted at So for ff-
! teen grains. or s16D an ounce muscarfne
sulphate and muscarine nitrate each at
5000 Tor fifteen grains. The latter is used
as an dnudote to atropne and in One-thir-
tieth of a grain doses for diabetes 1t is a
| nitrate acid salt of an alkaloid obtained
from aEartcus muscarius, fly fungus.
MauV1ne hydrobrOmate, an alkaloid of
muawi bark, from a Mozambique tree, SELL
ing at 81 for fifteen grains or S12S an ounce
Is a yellowish white powder used as a
cardiac stimulant and also as an ordeal
poison
Cannabine. an alkaloid obtained from
cannabis saliva, a fine seed, and quoted at
SO an ounce, or $40 for fifteen grains is
described as a hypnotic without dangerous
secondary effects. This price like all the
| others here given. is the wholesale price
Methyl chloride. a gas of ethereal odor
compressed to liquid in cylinders, is sold
70 the retail trade at so for a one-litre
siphon. 1t is used a local anaesthetic
in cases of severe neuralgia, pruritus and
spinal pains.
Oil of arnica flowers is on the list at $50
an ounce as remedy used externally for
rheumatism. gcut and injuries. Il never
sold a bit OF 1t, nor have l heard of it be-
ing called for or prescribed" said a phar-
macist of forty years experience in one Of
the busiest stores.
Narceire, an alkaloid obtained from
opium and producing effects similar to but
niider than those of morphine, comes at
ElS an ounce. 1t is said to be free from
| the disaereeable after effects of morphine
Plperazlne, rarely spoken of, but entered
as used for rheumatism, sells at 81 for one
quarter of an ounce. LObelne an anti
spasmodic, but a poison, sells at 81 for
| hfteen grains. or S12S an ounce. 1t is OBJ
tanned from lobelia- Eserine, an antidote
Tor strychnine and also used in rheuma-
tlsnn. comes at - cents a grain, or s72 an
ounce. 1t is sold at wholesale in quantities
of five grains for IS cents
rather expensive drug, a good deal Of
which is used is pilocarpine an alkaloid
| obtained from jaborandi and used as a
| tonic for the hair. 1t sells at from IA cents
| TO 90 cents grain, or from S67 to $40 an
ounce Aconitine, for the relief of pain,
| Is quoted at IS per ounce; apomorphine hy-
/ 6rochiorate, an emetic used in cases Of
| poisoning, FOR the dislodging of foreign
| bodies in the oesophagus and as a heart
| depressor, at 81 an ounce; atropine, a car
| dlac sumulant and anti-spasmodic, at 81. so
| per ounce.
While the diphtheria anti-toxin sells at
| comparatively low prices, the tetanus
| Qockjaw) anti-toxin, which is obtained from
! the blood serum of mammals, sells a So
| for four grammes. or at the rate Of nearly
| 500 an ounce. 1t Is used in injections of
| from two and quarter to three and a
! quarter grains.
Two other metals found In the drug list
| come at high fgures-calcium at $40 for
| fifteen grains and beryllium at 800 for fif-
| teen grains. or $500 and S70i an ounce re-
| spectively. Berrylium is one of the aka
| line earths produced from beryl. and is
/ often called glucinum.