Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1899 — Rar and Expensive Drugs. [ARTICLE]

Rar and Expensive Drugs.

Saffron would appear, to an ordinary observer, as decidedly expensive at sl4 a pound, until assured that it is composed of the central small portions only of the flowers of a crocus, 70,000 of which it takes to yield the material for one pound, says Chamber’s Journal. Otto of roses sells at $l4O per pound, and it takes 10,000 pounds—or nearly five tons—of roses to obtain but one pound of the oil Aconitine, extracted from the root of monkshood, is said to be the very strongest poison extant, the dose being but one six-hun-dredth of a grain. It is sold at the rate of $1,020 per pound. Turning from the vegetable to the animal world in search of rare drugs, the writer refers to the musk of the Asiatic deer, which at $360 to $420 a pound mi*t be a prize to the wily hunter. In some of the tropical seas a float Ing,'sweet-smelling mass of tunbergris is met with, worth at present $27 per ounce, in the market This ambergris is said lo be the “diseased biliary product” of the whale. Another peculiar animal product in use as a drug is a solution of the pure venom of the rattlesnake, given occasionally in malignant scarlet fever.

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat■aent by Ely’s Cream Bahn, which i« agreeably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole surface over which it diffuses itself. Druggists ■ell the 50c. size; Trial size by mail, 10 eents. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment Annonn cement. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids Into the nasal passages for catarrruA trouthe proprietors prepare Creamßalm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by ma : L The liquid form embodies tide medicinal properties of the solid preparation.