ergotin

Definitions

Examples

• Erpiol (Dr. Schrader) is the name applied to capsules containing apiol, ergotin and gossypin, which are sold as an emmenagogue.

• Trivial injuries may be the starting-point, the anæsthesia produced by the ergotin preventing the patient taking notice of them.

• Menorrhagia: Gallic acid, fifty grains; Ergotin, twenty grains; Hydrastin, ten grains.

• The use of small doses of atropin and ergotin was recommended by von Bergmann.

• The hypodermic use of ergotin has been followed by results most gratifying to those employing it.