Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1913 — MOST USED VEGETABLE DRUG [ARTICLE]

MOST USED VEGETABLE DRUG

Cactus, According to Canvass of Physicians of This Country, Leads Alt the Rest. In an attempt to determine just which of the vegetable drugs are most utilised by the practicing physicians of the country, whether regular, eclectic or homoepathlc, a comprehensive list was sent out to 30,000 practitioners. Care was taken to exclude all specialists and to have every part of the United States represented. Mora than 10,000 answers were received. The drug leading the list was cactus, which, according to Clinical Medicine, was a genuine surprise. The number of votes it received was 6,239. The next seven, in the order named, were hydrastlne, aconite, galsemium, ipecac, digitalis, ergot and belladonna. CaCtus is a. purified extract of a special variety of cactus plant growing in a certain soil in Mexico, and has to be taken from the plant at a certain stage.