SANTONIN

n. Sa2nt'o2n-i2n. Lat., santoninum [U. S. Ph., Ger. Ph., Austr. Ph., etc.], santonin a [Belg. Ph.]. Fr., san to nine [Fr. Cod.]. Ger., S. Sp., santonin a [Sp. Ph.]. A substance, Ci5Hlf,O3, obtained from wormseed. When perfectly pure, it crystallizes in small, colorle prisms or scales of slightly bitter taste, melting at about 170 C. S. is anthelminthic, and is used in retention of urine and in a men or rhos a not a ociated with chlorosis. [B, 93 (a. 14); B, 95 (a, 38); " Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," vi. 70, x, 138 (a. 50).] Calcium-s. A tastele powder, C;' 5Hj eO8,- CaHO, preferred by E. Bombelon to s. as a vermifuge. [" N. Y. Med. Jour.," June 5, 1886, p. 650 (a. 50).] S. and sodium albuminate. A mixture of 4 parts of sodium bicarbonate, 1 part of s., and 2 parts of dried albumin. [Pavesi (B, 5).] [s. 437]