Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition Page: 159
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PHO TOX YL IN-PICHI.
PHOTOXYLIN.
This substance, a nitro-cellulose, is obtained from
wood-wool.
Therapeutic Applications.-P/hotoxylin is chiefly em-
ployed in plastic surgery, in solutions of the strength of
from 3 to 5 per cent., made in mixtures of equal parts of
alcohol and ether. It is said to be superior to collodion.
PHYTOLACCA.
The common name of pokeroot is given to several
species of Phytolacca, of which the ones principally used
at present in medicine are Pvhytolacca acinosa and Phyto-
lacca dccandra. No thorough studies have been made
in regard to the chemical constitution of these plants.
Therapeutic Applications.-P/tolacca has purgative,
emetic, and to a certain extent narcotic properties. The
acinosa species has of late been recommended in dropsy.
It has been tried with success in the treatment of mam-
mary abscesses.
Administration.-The preparations used at present
are a decoction and a fluid extract. Of the latter the
dose is put down as Io minims (0.65 gramme) three
times a day.
PICHI.
Fabiana imbricata, a plant belonging to the Solanacee
family, is designated by the common name of Picki.
This plant has not been examined thoroughly, but it is
said to contain, besides many other principles, a crystal-
lizable alkaloid termed fabianinie.
Therapeutic Applications.-Fabiana is lauded as an
efficient remedy in affections of the urinary tract, such
as acute and chronic vesical catarrh, uric-acid diathesis,
etc. It is said to increase biliary secretion and to be of
service in jaundice and dropsy of hepatic origin.
Administration.-The only preparation used so far is
a decoction made of the strength of 20o: Iooo, the dose
of which is from 2 to 3 cupfuls a day.I159
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Cerna, David. Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition, book, 1894; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143542/m1/158/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.