Show A hare draff the of many drugs used in medicine Is astonishing to those who are not acquainted with the subject remarked a druggist to a philadelphia times representative there are several that are worth their weight in gold about 20 an ounce while 2 3 and 5 an ounce arc quite common prices in pharmacy but there Is one drug that I 1 can recall which Is worth more than its weight in gold this Is pseudo I 1 dont think that it has a popular name it is too rich for that in the pharmacists list it Is quoted at 1 a grain or an ounce the seed from which the drug Is made grows in india and brazil as well as in parts of south africa this seed tradition says was once used by native chiefs as an ordeal the ordeal generally resulted in the death of the man upon whom it was tried and so it was considered as a great truth onder the prepared drug Is sometimes used now in prescriptions proscriptions ions for the treatment of heart disease |