Emetinum

An alkaloid from Ipecacuanha-root, C40H30M2O10.

Authority.

Magendie and Pelletier, Am. Med. Recorder, vol. i, 1818, p. 109.

One of us swallowed 2 grains upon an empty stomach; three-quarters of an hour afterwards he felt sick at his stomach, and vomited several times, followed by marked inclination to sleep. Several students submitted to these trials, and were affected in the same way.