The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-07

p1jtft1 writes as follows.
'Wome time since | saw o statemen
In medical Journal that claimed TO b.
authority on drugs 10 general, aud espe
rially so on alkaloids, in which It state
most positively there was no such aka
koid or drug as Mandragorne, see
however. from your published fornlull
that you claim Mandrsgora. SyntAot,
Alkaloid. is the active agent IN youl
remedies for Drug Additions. Alcoho,
Ism. Cigarette and Tobacco HABITS
H'iehsc send literature giving some in
forma ton as to your Mandragorine
In reply will say | have sean the
stafement made IN medical journals and
elsewhere that there il 40 such lru-
nh Mandragora, and consequently NJ
Ench alkaloid as 'tMaadragoriie i j,
hard 10 believe that any reputable med
acnl journal would make such a state.
mcnt without first Investigating standard
authorities on the subject. and ] there
fore take great pleasure in answering
such modca journals and other d)ub,-
ers Of the existence Of ManAraeoeine
hy referring them to extracts from
kha most noted and reliable manu-
Occurring chemists In the world, viz,
Merck 4 c., If New York who say Of
Mandrasorine. The product formerly
thus designated was found by ThomS
etc..
In communication from H. Thoms
and M. Weatzel (noted European chem.
Bstsl to n noted German university. pre-
scented April 10. 1901, they say; In
= previous Communication. which ap-
peared III 'Befche' We proved That the
.alkaloid By Felix r. Ahrens from Man
hragora Root, and to which be gave the
name. Mandragorine. i no simple
body etc. Following this statement Is
q complete analysis Of the drug Man
sragora lin German. a translation Of
which ! have. and in which they say;
We have recently been able to ISOLATE
the questionable alkalpid by operating
on large quantity of Mandrag0ra root.
1'hey also say that in aepa rating the
different salts by the use Of acids that
II has had tendency n deeompose
Them Consequently we prefer ''Maudra-
gorine' synthetic alkaloidi, as prepared
by us. under our formula. by which VI
get better results than are ohtainahle
from the alkalod EXTRACTED b. fte Ger
man or other chemists TIE Intel
States DispenSatory, 10 whil sIrngeisT~
and chemists rely fdr Information IN nc,
gard 70 medical properties aa1 nses q
Drugs, saws page I'LL 18th Edifirpl:
sCronze isolated All akaloid MaDdra
gorine.' II has since been more thoe
cughiy studied by T. y. Abrams, Man
dragorine is colorless. inodorous anil
neliqnescrnr. melis At II 10 ~ degrees &
Il seems to he isomeric with atfopnr
but il not converted into il BY aikalcs
~ has mydriatic artion AMI was mos
used by the ancients ID quiet The nerves
and as an anaesflletic 10 kill PAIN. Its
physiological action has also been par
TALLY Investigated by r. ". Richard.
sen, brit and For. Med. Chir. Rev
1874, 2f2. etc.i
DR., VIM r. Waugh. editor q
medical journal formerly known aa
the Alkaloidai Clinic. ii his "ManUa
of Treatment By Active Principles ana
New Remedies under the head If AlcA
holisih, mage n. recommends aNan5Ta.
gorine' ii connection win snch atAet
well-known drugs ms Atrapine Trinn~
tine and Caffeine in the treatment o
Alcoholism, ''I'e cause sense Of fuliness
IN the head that VII render alcohol dis
agreeable HaYiag completely SHOWN
the existence Of AiandFagoya" and H.
alkaloid Ianaragorine' from anay.si,
by the best and most noted chemist q
the world, as well as BY the I. $. Disp
and by Dr. ", Il. Waugh, whose jaa.-
nal. the Alkaloidal Clinic. at one time
cricticised our claims 10 Mandragoeine
! will now prove that MaulTagora is
not only known to tho chemists hut l.
well known to history, and is referred
to in the standard dictionaries In tho
original Webster Dictionary il SAYS
"Mandragr0a is powerful Sapar.nr
which plant grows in the south Of En-
rope and the LeYsnt tsee page 69Ql."
MASDRaGoRA An APHRoDIsIAC.
The Standard Dictionary says tho
Holy Writ is authority for tha statemaul /
that Maudragora was used In the day,
al 'lla~haei aud Eeah and So qirietel ldr I
nervous system. and improved -tb4 gen I
'eral health Of Leah. who had bee /
barren for number Of years and win 1
pertook q Nandracera, md Dor sou 4
&c her husband
MANDnAGoRA RELIEVES INsouNIA
Mandragora is referred to rs Lanc /
ston. Shakespeare also refers 10 Ma
dragora IN Romeo AMI Juliet" au1
Henry vi, aud again in cleopatra.
who was evidently suffering from saysr-
insomnia, She says: Give me 10 dr.us
Mandrasora. hai ! might sleep o1t ta
great gap Of time.
Mandragora is again REFER j to if
lagc. The Arabs call it Devils A.
pie
PRoInCEs REFRESHING SLEEP.
Pliny also refer, 10 Mandra-ora. aaf
Moore says q i an "Herbe tult causr
loiks 10 slcep and therein 10 haze mII
fantastical dreams'
Curtis Hovaji in Syria says: rs
warm morning saHilgh he's beer VI
dragora fu Der AMI she j. ~lpe ting has /
showing that Mandragora Is as sqoih.l.-
50 The nerves as he pure SUM- ht nssf
Now having concii1iyely shown that tha
existence Of Mandrae1ra IS known iT I
both mealeine and history / wiii sa-
that after experimenting for a numb
OF years. and the expenditure IF grea; 4
sums NJ money. seeking m an-idnie IN
Narcotic Drugs and Alcoholic siimulan's. /
and Nicotine Poisoning. learned ~ 1
Mandraeoflns. hflt also learned tho I
II LOST sarse ~ Re NOS. vaIu
able qualities vhen extracted from
The Mandrs eors root b. the use ~
an acid solution J therefore formulate /
what ! termed Mandracorine fSvn Ak /
which is mos ef8~arieffs ff the fraa ffs1nr- .
Of Drug Aleohair and Cigarette ami
Tobacco patients Consequently refer
70 orr Mandrae0rine A. Mandragorinc 4
fSvn. AikA. which has. after having been
tested in the ireaimeaf - more than
ffteen THOUSAND cases ~ DsHE and Alro-
hniic patients and Cigarertr and Inhaees
Habitues. proved 20 b. undoubtedly fh-
bssf-known anfiaeft and slimihsnt in
the treatment % sufb cnSfs Ia most in
sfaBess positive relief cau us given 20
sneh aad.efs witlant any great pain. los-
q sleep. o. ineonFenieass
DOES ORTIZ TOXIC CONTAIN oPuUM,
Another party writes IS follows 4
understand that Four Opium Hone /
Remedies are rot cnrsz. b1f 8 poison I