(1) Morphine, Codeine, Thebaine, and their Derivatives (2) Papaverine, Narcotine, Laudanosine, Hydrastine, etc., and their ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR TITLES OF JOURNALS, ETC. A. e. P. P.-Archiv für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. Amer. Journ. Physiol.-American Journal of Physiology. Annalen.-Justus Liebig's Annalen der Chemie. A. Pharm.-Archiv der Pharmacie. Apoth. Ztg.-Apotheker-Zeitung. Beitr. Chem. Physiol. Path.-Hofmeister's Beiträge zur chemischen Physiologie und Pathologie. Ber.-Berichte der Deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft. Ber. klin. W.-Berliner klinische Wochenschrift. Berz. Jahresb.-Berzelius' Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der Chemie. B. M. J.-British Medical Journal. Bul.-Bulletin de la Société chimique de Paris. Bull. Coll. Agr._Tokyo.-Bulletin of the College of Agriculture, Imperial University, Tokyo. C. R.-Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Academie des Sciences. (Paris.) Chemik. Ztg.-Chemiker-Zeitung. (Cöthen.) Deut. med. W.-Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift. D. R. P.-Deutsches Reichs Patent.* Fortschr.-Friedländer, Fortschritte der Teerfarbenfabrikation. J. C. S. Journal of the Chemical Society (London), Transactions. Journ. of Physiol.―Journal of Physiology. (London). Journ. prakt. Chem.-Journal für praktische Chemie. Merck's Jahresb.-Merck's Jahresbericht. (Since 1894 an English edition has been published under the title "Merck's Annual Report.") Monatsh.-Monatshefte für Chemie und verwandte Theile anderer Wissenschaften. (Sitzungsberichte der k. Akademie zu Wien.) Monatsh. f. pr. Derm.—Monatshefte für praktische Dermatologie. Pflügers Archiv.--Archiv für die gesammte Physiologie des Menschen und der Pharm. Ztg.-Pharmazeutische Zeitung. Proc. Chem. Soc.-Proceedings of the Chemical Society. (London). Proc. Amer. Physiol. Soc.-Proceedings of the American Physiological Society. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb.-Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Trans. Roy. Soc. Ed.-Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. *Descriptions of these German patents are given in Friedländer's "Fortschritte der Teerfarbenfabrikation," and abstracts of the more recent ones also in the Journal of the Chemical Society (London) Abstracts, and in the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry. GLOSSARY OF CERTAIN CHEMICAL AND MEDICAL TERMS MEDICAL. Analgesic diminishing pain. = Antipyretic = causing fall of body-temperature in fever. Hypnotic sleep producing. = Narcotic = producing marked diminution of mental activity tending to unconsciousness. Pressor = causing rise of arterial pressure, usually by constriction of the arterioles. Styptic checking or arresting bleeding. = CHEMICAL. Acyl is a term used to denote an acidic organic radicle derived from an organic acid by removal of the hydroxyl (OH) group from the groups, (-CO-OH) or (-SO2-OH), containing the acidic hydrogen. E.g. Acetyl, CH,. CO-, from acetic acid, CH,.CO.OH. Benzoyl, C.H,. CO-, from benzoic acid, CH,.CO.OH. Lactyl, CH,. CH(OH). CO-, from lactic acid CH,. CH(OH). CO.OH. Benzene-sulphonyl, C.H,. SO,-, from benzene-sulphonic acid, Alkamine esters have the general formula R-CO-O-[CR2R2]x-NR ̧R; they are formed by the esterification of an acid with an alcohol containing an amino-group. Alkyl is a term used to denote an organic radicle derived from a simple aliphatic hydrocarbon by removal of one hydrogen atom. E.g. Methyl, CH,, from methane, CH,; ethyl, C,H,, from ethane, C2H ̧. Aryl is a term used to denote an organic radicle derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon, by the removal of a hydrogen atom from the aromatic nucleus. E.g. Phenyl, CH,—, from benzene, C¿H; tolyl, CH ̧.CH ̧--, from toluene, CH,. C,H,. Groups such as benzyl, C.H,. CH2-, obtained by removal of a hydrogen atom from the side-chain, must be regarded as mixed alkyl and aryl groups. xiii |