NEUROSINE, DIOVIBURNIA, GERMILETUM AND PALPEBRINE
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
Neurosine, Dioviburnia, Germiletum and Palpebrine are “shotgun” proprietaries typical of the polypharmacy of the past three or four decades. They are marketed by the Dios Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo. On the recommendation of the referee, the Council has authorized the publication of this report.
W. A. Puckner, Secretary.
Neurosine
According to the manufacturers, each fluidounce of Neurosine represents:
“Bromid of potassium, C. P. | 40 | grains |
“Bromid of sodium, C. P. | 40 | grains |
“Bromid of ammonium, C. P. | 40 | grains |
“Bromid of zinc | 1 | grain |
“Extract Lupulin | 32 | grains |
“Cascara sagrada, fl. ex. | 40 | minims |
“Extract Henbane | .075 | grain |
“Extract Belladonna | .075 | grain |
“Extract Cannabis indica | .60 | grain |
“Oil Bitter Almonds | .060 | grain |
| “Aromatic Elixirs.” |
No physician would think for a moment of prescribing all of the drugs contained in Neurosine for any one condition. Yet physicians are urged to use this nostrum in insomnia, hysteria, neurasthenia, migraine, neuralgia, delirium tremens and in a host of other conditions.