=ALPENKRAUTER-MAGENBITTER= (Hauber). Stomachic bitters of Alpine herbs. A brown liqueur of bitter, spirituous, and slightly aromatic flavour, containing in 100 parts: oil of anise, 0·5; oil of cloves, 0·5; aloes, 1·5; alcohol, 40; water, 50. 157 grammes in each bottle. (Wittstein.) =ALPHA-ORSELL′IC ACID.= See ORSELLIC ACID. =ALPINE ROSE SOAP, SWISS.= A preservative against syphilitic infection (G. A. Sarpe, Zurich). A glass cylinder corked and sealed, about 2 inches long, and containing a hard brownish-grey mass weighing 12 grammes, prepared thus:——Ammonia, 1 part; sublimate, 3 parts; tannin, 2 parts; chloride of lime, 24 parts; Castile soap, 190 parts; oil of cloves, 1 part; spirit of wine, q. s. (Hager.) =AL′QUIFOU= (-ke-fōō). _Syn._ BLACK LEAD-ORE, POTTER’S ORE. A native sulphide of lead used by potters to give a green glaze to coarse wares. =ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS.= (Ind. Ph.) _Habitat._ Common in forests throughout India.——_Officinal part._ The bark (_Alstoniæ cortex_). It occurs in thick, irregular, more or less contorted pieces, easily broken. It consists of a rough greyish epidermis, investing a buff or pale cinnamon-coloured bark; internally, still lighter in colour, and of a spongy texture, having a very bitter taste, but devoid of odour.——_Properties._ Astringent, tonic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic——_Therapeutic uses._ In chronic diarrhœa and the advanced stages of dysentery; also as a tonic in debility after fevers, and other exhausting diseases.——_Dose._ 3 to 5 grains, either alone or combined, in bowel affections, with small doses of ipecacuanha and extract of gentian.——_Preparations._ TINCTURE OF ALSTONIA (_Tinctura Alstoniæ_). Take of alstonia bark, bruised, 2-1/2 ounces; proof spirit, 1 pint. Macerate for seven days in a closed vessel, with occasional agitation; filter, and add sufficient proof spirit to make 1 pint. Or prepare by percolation, as Tincture of Calumba.——_Dose_, 1 to 2 fluid drachms. =Alstonia, Infusion of.= (_Infusum Alstoniæ._) Take of alstonia bark, bruised, 1/2 an ounce; boiling water, 10 fluid ounces. Infuse in a covered vessel for an hour and strain.——_Dose._ From 1 to 2 fluid ounces twice or thrice daily. A good serviceable tonic. =AL′TERATIVE= (awl′-tĕr-ă-tĭv). _Syn._ AL′TERANT*; AL′TERANS (ăl′-), L.; ALTÉRANT, ALTÉRATIF, Fr. In _medicine_, having power to alter; applied to substances and agents which occasion a change in the habit or constitution, and thus re-establish the healthy functions of the body, or any part of it, without producing any sensible evacuation or other obvious effect. =ALTERATIVE EXTRACT=, or =GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY= (Dr Pierce, Buffalo), for the cure of all severe, acute, chronic, or long-standing coughs, inflammations, hoarseness, scrofulous, and syphilitic diseases. A clear light-brown fluid, 220 grms., composed of 15 grms. purified honey, 1 grm. extract of lettuce, 2 grms. laudanum, 100 grms. of proof spirit tasting of fusel oil and wood spirit, and 105 grms. water. (Hager.)