THE COMMON HOP.

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**»» preparations, on animals, but I h«™. nc»»r “ s *

narcotic, although tins property is one which is most staking a

played

this property is

j , lu i ln experiments on animals.” Dr. Maton (Observations on Hu-

sl e ^upulus , by A. Freake, 2" d ed.) found diat it allayed pain, produced

^ a,1 d reduced the frequency of the pulse from 90 to 60 in twenty-

infusion and tincture of hops are mild but agreeable aromatic\ Varii ' s ‘ 1’hey sometimes prove diuretic, or, when the skin is keptv erv ’ su dorific. Their sedative, soporilic, and anodyne properties, are^ nncertain.

o C(! . *~~A pillow of hops ( cervicale , pulvinus, seu pulvinar lupuli) isemployed in mania, and other cases in which inquietudej ect - resl i es sness prevail, and in which the use of opium is considered ob-'J'] le °/ Iu ^d e . I n hop countries it is a popular remedy for want of sleep,it eile fit said to have been obtained from it by George III. , for whomUse aS P rescr ihed by Dr. Willis, in 1787, brought it into more general

li llu ^P s are given internally to relieve restlessness consequent upon ex-ai l( i ,? n an d fatigue, and to induce sleep in the watchfulness of mania,Sum ° , r maladies; to calm nervous irritation; and to relieve pain intiiiiy^ ar Giritic rheumatism, and after accouchement. Though they some-J\] ato l )r °duce the desired effect, they frequently fail to give relief. Dr.

^ Used it, with good effect, as an anodyne in rheumatism.sy sto a to >uc it is applicable in dyspepsia, cachectic conditions of thejj > or any other maladies characterized by debility,tice ^ lave been applied, topically, in the form of fomentation or poul-l' re ’i. as a resolvent or discutient, in painful swellings and tumors.

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e employed an ointment, composed of lard and the powder of the

(Op. cit. p. 13; see

a] s0 ’ . s au anodyne apj)lication to cancerous sores.

but Medicine, vol. ii. p. 403).

and al 1G l )r u ic ip a l consumption of hops is in the manufacture of beerfla VO u r °’ *° which thej r communicate a pleasant, bitter, and aromatictli e( .j, ^ ail( l tonic properties, while, by their chemical influence, they.

f 4

ly ve r .

ale

ages

acetous fermentation. Part of the soporific quality of beerls ascribable to the hops used in the manufacture of these

Ad

Ministration. —The best preparation of hops, for internalyellow ' ~ — - -

use, is

the

uu °' v powder ( lupulinic grains or lupulin). The infusion and tinc-Fctic| tre / ess eligible modes of exhibition. The extract is still more ob-hop s a ule. Well-hopped beer is a convenient mode of administeringI ’ llen fermented liquors are not contra-indicated.

^Iacer A77 ’ S6il/ Lupuij, L.—(Hops, 5vj.; Boiling Distilled Water , Oj.fjj. ^ ^ our hours, in a vessel lightly covered, and strain). Dose

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IV, Lupuli , L. ; Tinctura Hamuli, D.—(Hops, 5'j. [=v. Z>.] ;ifjjj l )ln t, Oij. Macerate for fourteen days, and strain). Dose f‘ 5 ss.

to

[lb. ; actum Lupuli, Ij. E. ; Extractum Ilumuli, D. — (Hops, lb. ss.1’or m. 1 ’ foiling Distilled Water , Cong. ij. [Cong. j. E.] Maceratethe j. CI1 ty'four hours, then boil down to a gallon, [Oiv. E.] and strainl'roi, e ^ UOr M'Mle hot; lastly, evaporate [in the vajiour bath, E.\ to auonsistence. The directions of the Dublin arc nearly the same