This section is from the book "Recent Materia Medica: Notes On Their Origin And Therapeutics", by F. Harwood Lescher. Also available from Amazon: Recent materia medica.
A compound of Benzoic Acid with pure Guaiacol; a colourless tasteless crystalline powder, insoluble in water, soluble in chloroform, ether, or hot alcohol; it contains 54 % of Guaiacol. For phthisis, it does not affect stomach: dose, 4 to 12 grains, in wafers.
"In the digestive tract it soon splits up into Guaiacol and Benzoic Acid; this occurs partially in the stomach, but chiefly in the small intestine." - Therapist, . July, 1891.
BerberiS aquifolilum. Mountain Grape, Rocky Mountain Barberry, Oregon Grape. United States. N. 0. Berberidacece. The root is a powerful tonic alterative, in syphilis, scrofula, etc. It contains berberine, oxyacanthine, berbamine, and phytosterin. Dose of fluid extract, 15 to 30 drops, several times a day.
 
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