Observations on the properties and effects of the expressed oil of the seed of Croton tiglium; together with the botanical history, and a correct coloured engraving of the plant / [John Frost].

  • Frost, John, 1803-1840.
Date:
1827
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the properties and effects of the expressed oil of the seed of Croton tiglium; together with the botanical history, and a correct coloured engraving of the plant / [John Frost]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    15/42 (page 13)
    it in several cases with advantage. It has been asserted to have been useful in cases of tic douloureux; but I have not received a communication from any medical practitioner who had administered it in such cases. I have seen instances in which the Oleum Seminum Crotonis Tig/it was applied to the tips of the fingers, for the purpose of ascer¬ taining whether it produced any action. The result of the experiment was a sense of numb¬ ness in the lingers,, hand, and arm, (but on local inflammation) dryness in the throaty thirst, and head-ach, which continued for se¬ veral hours.# When the oil is applied externally, it gene¬ rally produces a great degree of local inflam¬ mation, which does not subside for many hours, and sometimes days. The oil may be given in the dose of one drop, which, in particular cases, and under certain circumstances, can be augmented to # The Oil of Tiglium, at present on sale, will not pro¬ duce this effect, in consequence of the admixture of a great proportion of olive, or some other fixed oil. The oil used in the above experiment, was brought from Ceylon, and had not been in the hands of drug venders.