=AL'QUIFOU= (-ke-f[=o][=o]). _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 diarrh[oe]a 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'-t[)e]r-[)a]-t[)i]v). _Syn._ AL'TERANT*; AL'TERANS ([)a]l'-), 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.)