848 ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MF.DICA.

by Grandoni ( Pharm. Central-Blatt fur 1831, S. 446). He '

brown bitter resin 0’31, extractive with gum 4’84, extractive ^

odour of benzoic acid 0 - 88, chlorophylle 1’58, starch 0’23, ^5q.j5,fecula 0T8 , mucilage 0-2 7, intilin O’16, malic acid O'lo,pectic acl< *. a (eacetic acid 0T3, woody fibre 19’80, ivater 70’31, sulphate and car “° lJia ij-of potash 0’5!), alumina 0”20, oxalate and carbonate of lime 0’4C,nesia 0’26, silica 0’07, odorous matter and loss 0’31. ^ e \t

Physiological Effects. —Put little known. Judging fr° m ca .taste, the leaves possess acrid properties. When swallowed theysion vomiting and purging. They are said to be diuretic and narc eg a reUses. —llarely employed. In the form of a fomentation the p

sometimes applied to piles and other painful tumors. The ointinused in skin diseases. The tuberous root was formerly estee» iescrofula (Murray, App. Med. vol. ii. p. 224). . „o-

Unguentuh Sen opii ur. ai:ia; , D.—(Eresh leaves of ScropluiH ia J.dosa; Prepared Hog’s Lard, of each, Ibij.; Prepared Mutton Sue » ■..

Boil the leaves in the fat until they become crisp, then strain by e jy,. p (irsion.) Recommended by l)r. W. Stokes ( Dubl. Med. Essays, p- j p u tthe cure of a disease of children, commonly termed burnt-hoi* ’which he calls Pemphigus gangrenosus [Rupia escharotica ?]also been used in tinea capitis, impetigo, and other cutaneous(Dr. Montgomery, Observ. on the Dubl. Pharm )

Other Medicinal Scrophulariaceee.

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Grati'ola officina'lis, or Hedge Hyssop, is cathartic, diuretic, and emetic, actingdoses as an acrid poison. It has been used in visceral obstructions, H VC J a , H f th edropsies, scrofula, and venereal diseases. Dose of the powder, gr. xv. to tO *51'infusion (prepared with 5ij. of the dried herb and Oss. of boiling water), ‘3three times a day (Thomson, Land. Dispensat.) ga teU a?

Veron’ica Beccabun'ga, or Brooklime, is considered antiscorbutic. It may Da salad. . _ p0 nitl ar

Euphra'sia officina'lis, or Common Eye-bright, is nearly inert, though it 1S aremedy for diseases of the eyes.

Order 35. Solana'ce.e, Lindley .— The Nightshade Tr ibE

SOLANEuG, Jussieu .

Essential Character. — Calyx five-parted, seldom four-parted, persistent,

Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous; the limb five-cleft, seldom four-cleft,somewhat unequal, deciduous; the aestivation plaited or imbricated. Stamensupon the corolla, as many as the segments of the limb, with which theV 8 t" 1 !'

liate; anthers bursting longitudinally, rarely by pores at the apex. yt i/co 1 ' 1 , 1 'celled, rarely four- or many-celled, with two polyspermous placentae; sty ^psiiwnuous ; stigma simple. Pericarp with two or four, or many cells, either 8 ^ ad'with a double dissepiment parallel with the valves, or a berry with the pl aC ^ pfte' 1hering to the dissepiment. Seeds numerous, sessile ; embryo straight or ca l)faC e0,tSout of the centre, lying in a Heshy albumen ; radicle next the hilum.-"’** ]. tb 6

plants or shrubs, heaves alternate, undivided, or lobed, sometimes collafloral ones sometimes double, and placed near each other. Inflorescenceoften out of the axil; the pedicels without bracts (Lindley). obt a ' ,,e

Properties. —Not uniform. 1. Narcotics (cerebro spinants, Pereira, p.6f>) ■wT >1 a,|ll ^efrom the genera Hyoscyamus, Atropa, Datura, Nicotiana , Solatium, a" ^ c s a rgora : of these some are also acrids (aero narcotic solanece). 2. Aero aro a ^nl*'procured from the genus Capsicum. 3. Bitter - tonics are found in the 'f^its jrnum (as S. P. eudoquina and crispum), and Cestrum (C. diuruum). 4.

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