Dear of troy: I have been retired for over twenty years, and have made no attempt to keep up. I believe that there are new drugs superior to atropine for all its former uses.
Believe it or not, there were only about a dozen drugs in U.S. Pharmacopoeia whose value could be proven when I started medical school. Think how many thousands of medicines there are now! I find it wryly amusing that "alternative medicine" appeals to so many suckers now. My grandfather took courses in "homeopathic" medicine, but used it only for idiots who demanded it.