The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-10-07

u Known as drug users, drunkards. ciga-
X eotte and tobacco users. One OF these
& gnrties writes as follows
IL Some time since / saw statement
n a medical journal that claimed to be
I authority on drugs in general. and es-
Z pecially so on alkaloids. in which 1t
stated most positively there was no such
I salkaloid Of drug as 'Mandragorine, 1
zee. however. from your published FORM
I MA that you claim Mandragora, Synthet-
- Alkaloid. Is the active agent in your
I remedies for Drug Additions, Alcohol
4 lam, Cigarette and Tobacco Habits.
Please send literature giving some in
tormation as to your ''MandraSorine'
In reply will say 1 have seen the
statement made in medical journals and
elsewhere that there Is no such drug
ct Mandragora, and consequently no
such alkaloid as "Mandragorine.' 1t is
hard to believe that any reputable med
heal journal would make such state
& Dent without first investigating stand
ard authorities on the subject and II
therefore take great pleasure in an
I awering such medical journals and other
= doutters Of the existence of Mandra-
gorine BY referring them to extracts
from the most noted chemists in the
world, VIZ, Merck & Co, of New York.
duct formerly thus DESIGNATED was
xcund by Thomas & Vented (Berichte
~. 1901. p. 1923. etc.)"
In q communication from il. Thoms
and NJ. Vented (noted European chem
iRts) to q noted German university. pre-
scented April 10. 1901, they say: in
. previous communication, which ap-
peared in Ber1chte. we proved that the
Alkaloid by Felix B. Ahrens from Man
dragora Root, and to which be gave the
: name Mandragorine.' is TO simple
body" etc Following this statement is
complete analysis of the drug Man
dragora Gin Germany. translation OF
which I have. and In which they say:
I'VE have recently been able to Isolate
the questionable alkaioid by operating
on large qua nifty Of Mandragora root"
< They also say that "in separating the
6i0erent salts by the use of acids that
1t has q tendency to decompose
them" Consequently we prefer Man
6ragorine" (snythetic alkaloid), as pre-
pared by us. under our formula. by
which we get better results than are OBJ
tainable from the alkaloid extracted by
the German or other chemists The
United States Dispensatory. on which
druggists and chemists rely for infor-
nation in regard to medical properties
and uses of Drugs. says. (page ln.'
18th Edition.: "Cronzel isolated an al
kaloid, .Mandragorine.' 1t has since
been more thoroughly studied by F b.
Ahrens. Mandragorine Is colorless. In
odorous and deliquescent, melts at II
to 70 degrees c. 1t seems to be isom-
eric with atropine, but is not converted
Into 1t by alkalies. 1t has mydratic
action and was most used by the an
clients to quiet the nerves and as an
snaesthetic (to kill pain). Its physiolog-
zeal action has also been partially in
vestigated by B. w. Richardson" (Brit.
and For. Med. CHR. Rev 1874. 242. ETC.
% oa1t
cal journal formerly known as The AL
kaloidal Clinic, in his Manual OF
Treatment by Active Principles and New
Remedies" under the head of Alco-
holism, page "a, recommends "Mandra-
sorir e" in connection with such Other
! Unknown drugs Atropine, Trim
otine and Caffeine in the treatment OF
Alcoholism ITO cause sense of full
ness in the head that will render alcohol
disagreeable" Having completely
shown the existence of "Mandragora
and its alkaloid "Mandragorine" from
H. analysis by the best and most noted
chemist of the world as we'll as by the
u. s. Disp., and by DR.. w. F. Waugh
whose journal, The Alkaloidal Clinic a,
one time criticised our claims to Man
draEorine, / will now prove that Man
dragora is not only known to the
chemists, but is we'll known to history
and Is referred to in the standard die
tionaries In the original Webster Die
tionary 1t says: "Mandragora is pow
erful soporifc which plant grown ir
the south of Europe and the Levant (set
gage $50"
MANDRAGORA AN APARODISIAC.
The Standard Dictionary says tina
Holy Writ Is authority for the state
+ ment that Mandragora was used in thu
days Of Rachael and Leah and so quiet
ed the nervous system. and improved
the general health Of Leah, who hat
been barren for number of years
and who partook of Mandragora. an:
bore a son to her husband.
MANDRAGORA RELIEVES INSOMNIA
Mandrasora is referred to by Lang
ston Shakespeare also refers to Man
draeora in Romeo and Juliet" and il
srHenry VI" and again in "Cleopat
ra," who was evidently suffering froH
severe insomnia, she says: Give me t
drink Mandrs CORA. that I might sleel
out this great gap of time.
Mandragora is again referred to 4
Iago. The Arabs call 1t Devils APP
pie"
Pliny also refers to Mandragora; an
Moore says 1t Is an "IIerbe that cause
folks to sleep and therein to have man.
fantastical dreams"
Curtis Howaji in Syria says: "Th
warm morning sunlight has been Man
GrsRora to her and SHE is sleeping" thu
showing that Mandragora Is as sooth
ing to the nerves as the pure sunligh
itself. Now having conc!usively show
that the existence of MandragOrd i
known in both medicine and history
I will say that after experimenting 70
a number of years. and the expenditur
of great sums of money, seeking an an
tidote to Narcotic Drugs and Alcohol
stimulants, and Nicotine poisoning,
learned of Mandragorine. but also learn
ed that 1t lost some OF its most valua bl
Qualities when extracted from the Man
cragora root by the use OF an acid solu
ton. / therefore formulated what
termed Mandrag orine (Svn. AK }, whic
is most efficacious in the treatment o
Drug, Alcoholic and Cigarette and To
bacco patients. Consequently refer {
our Mandragorine MandraForint
(Syn. AK }, which has. after haNin;
been tested in the treatment of NOR
than fifteen thousand cases of Drug an
Alcoholic PATIENTS and Cigarette and To
bacco Hahitues. proved to be undouht
edly the b"st-known antidote and tlIm
irant in the treatment OF such cases f.
most instances positiv" relief can b
given to such addicts without any grca
cain, loss of sleep, or inConV enicnce
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