Anacardium Orientale The nut of Semecarpus Anacardium ; not identical with Avicennia tomentosa, as Hahnemann erroneously stated. It is imported from the East Indies, and if Schwabe, in his Pharmacopoeia, recommends the soft resin of the seed for trituration, it is only to avoid too old and dry ones. The common tincture of the whole nut was proved by Hahnemann and his original...
Anacardium Occidentale The common cashew nut of the West Indies. It is easily distinguished from our Anacardium which comes from the East Indies, by its being kidney-shaped, while the Oriental nut, our well-proved medicine, is heart- shaped. It was never proved and is only known by the frequent cases of poisoning which occur from peeling or roasting the nut. The kernel is edible,...
Amylenum Nitrosum Nitrite of Amyl. C10 H11 O, NO3. Discovered by Ballard in 1884, proposed as a medicine by Guthrie in 1859, introduced into the Materia Medica of Old School in 1866. Introduced into our School in 1871. Proved by T. F. Allen and published in his Encyclopedia in 1874. Again proved by the Boston School and published by C. Wesselhoeft in 1876,...
