ACONITINE

n. Atk-otn/itt-en, Lat,, a con it in a, [Be, Ph., Fr. Cont. Belg. Ph}, geonitimen [Ger, Ph 1st 4.}, aconitia Br. 867]. _ Fr., a cam i fine. Ger. A con it in. It.Sp.,a con it in a. Atalka- [aid CrligeNOy.(probaniy. benzoyiaconine, pal lae|CpHQOINOn: s}* ofivedi froth the Aconitum napeltus, and ftont other species PF 4conitum. Except some of the hydrogen compounds of arsenic, The Aconitine.—. ‘Aconitine ni- O, no; 04, not; 08, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like 00 in too; U2, blue; US, lull; U4, full; U8, urns U4, like ü (German). ‘ayish-white ma , [Plugge, “ Arch. f. path, Anat. u. Physiol. u. f. lin. Med.,” Ixxxvii, 3, p. 410.|—A. nitrate. Lat., azotas a con it inæ (Fr. Cod.], aconitinum nitricum (as written by the Germans). Fr., azotate d'a. [Fr. Cab Ger., sal peters aures A con it in. It., nitrato di a con it in a. Sp., nitrato de a con it in a. Colorle prismatic erystals, CygHygNOy2,JINO,, soluble in 10 parts of boiling water, le soluble'in a3id water, [B.J—Amorphous a. _ The official preparation of the Br. Ph.; an amorphous base, combined ey with several molecules of water of crystallization. As prenered y the proce of the Br. Ph., it usually contains a variable amount of pSeue aconitine. It is soluble in 150 parts of water, and readily soluble in alcohol, in ether, and in chloroform. [B,5.]—Apo-a. See the major list.—Crystallized a. See True a.—Duquesnel’s A form of crystallized a. having the constitution Ca7H4gNOyo, resembling true a. in most of its physical properties, but said to differ from it in physiological action. [B, 5.) It has lately been suggested that it is not the simple alkaloid, but a nitrate. |* Ephem. of Mat. Med..” etc., Nov., 1882, p. 167 (B).|—English a. See Morson’s a., under A. —French a. se True a.—German a. See Merck's a., under A. —Pseuda’, Pseudo-a’. See the major list.—True a. Colorle tabular or prismatic crystals, having a very bitter taste, and imparting to the lips and tongue a numb, tingling sensation. It is almost insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and in ether, and very soluble in chloroform. This is the a. of the Fr. Cod. [B, 5.]