Fluoric acid fl-ac This is a highly excoriating acid, eating as you know even into glass. It is to be particularly remembered from its action on the ...

Ferrum metallicum ferr Ferrum has two complements, CINCHONA or CHINA, and ALUMINA. Ferrum and Alumina are complementary in chlorosis; and Ferrum and ...

Euphrasia officinalis eupr Euphrasia is particularly of use to us as a medicine acting on mucous membranes, especially the conjunctiva and the nasal ...

Eupatorium perfoliatum eup-per or the bone-set, is a popular remedy in malarial districts for chills and fever. In this disease it is indicated by the ...

Dulcamara dulc Dulcamara, or the "bitter-sweet," contains a small quantity of Solanine, a much smaller quantity in fact than any other member of the ...

Digitalis purpurea dig DIGITALIS contains among other ingredients two substances, one known as DIGITALIN, the other as DIGITOXIN. The latter is found ...

Curare cur Curare acts on the periphery of the motor nerves, hence it produces paralysis of motion without any disturbance of sensation. When taken ...

Cuprum metallicum cupr Cuprum metallicum and Cuprum aceticum are used interchangeably by many physicians as having the same symptomatology. The original ...

Conium maculatum con Conium maculatum acts as a depressor on the cerebro-spinal system. It develops a paretic state which spreads from below upwards, ...

Colocynthis cucumis coloc This is the bitter cucumber. It is not indigenous to this country but is imported from Syria and Turkey. In shape, it is ...

Colchicum colch The symptoms of Colchicum I have arranged under four headings. The first, the nerves, includes typhoid conditions and debility. You ...

Coffea cruda coff Coffea is extensively used as a beverage. Its active principle is CAFFEINE, which is identical chemically with several others, ...