Showing papers by "R. N. Chopra published in 1931"
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TL;DR: Professor Macht, writing about opium, said " If the entire materia medica at the authors' disposal were limited to the choice and use of only one drug, I am sure that a great many, if not the majority of us, would choose opium.
Abstract: Opium is one of the most useful drugs we possess. Professor Macht, writing about opium, said \" If the entire materia medica at our disposal were limited to the choice and use of only one drug, I am sure that a great many, if not the majority of us, would choose opium; and I am convinced that if we were to select, say half a dozen of the most important drugs of the pharmacopoeia, we shall place opium in the first placeOpiates are used to relieve
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TL;DR: Santonin grows abundantly at high altitudes in the Himalayas from Kumaon to Kashmir; and it is said to grow even more abundantly and uniformly in Baluchistan, Chitral and Afghanistan.
Abstract: grows abundantly at high altitudes in the Himalaj^as from Kumaon to Kashmir; and it is said to grow even more abundantly and uniformly in Baluchistan, Chitral and Afghanistan. It grows in such abundance in the lastnamed country that it is used as a packing material for fruit which is imported from Kandahar. In spite of the abundant supply, santonin was not manufactured in India either for internal consumption or export, until very recently.