WOODY NIGHTSHADE.

875

is ap y harmacopceia. The tobacco-smoke clyster ( clyster efumo tabaci)’"tut. l6< ^ ^ means of a proper apparatus, formerly kept by the instru-be ep fakers. Various extemporaneous methods of employing :t havein t j 1 ® y ised ( Murray, App. Med. t. i.) For external use tobacco is usedfu>i 0 ;° p m of cataplasm (made of the leaves and water or vinegar), in-h°we v tae tobacco-water of the shops), smoke, and ointment: all these,abr a ,i e , r ’ require great caution in their use, especially when applied toj ou surfaces.

Tabaci, L.E.; Infusum Tabaci, D.—(Tobacco,5j . [grs. xv.rap. ■® > ] j Boiling Water , Oj. [Oj. wine measure, D. f3viij. E.) Mace-iti ^° r an hour [half an hour, £.], and strain). The want of uniformityformulae of the British colleges is greatly to be regretted; and Iin (jj 0 but think that the latitude permitted by the Edinburgh College,'ap ( f T'antity of tobacco employed, is highly objectionable, and calcu-li^ ^ ea( l to ser i° us errors in dispensing. The tobacco clyster isob,ti’ n aS I have already stated, in ileus (volvulus), strangulated hernia,th a t i cons tipation, retention of urine, &c. It is not to be forgotteniti ^ " 0 drachms, one drachm, and even half a drachm of tobacco infusedpra ( . t y r ’ have proved fatal, as I have above mentioned. The cautiouso foener, therefore, will not use more than fifteen or twenty grains,tltys 1 &um Tabaci, E.—(Tobacco , 3j.; Sherry, fSxij. Digest for seventiy e ’ s h‘ain, express strongly the residuum, and filter the liquors). Seda-l)° S( a 'fo diuretic. Employed in dropsy, dysury, &c. Rarely used.

3 hom nix tQ mL

Piec e Tabaci, Ph. United States.—(Fresh Tobacco , cut in

UntilLard, lbj. Boil the tobacco in the lard, over a gentle fire,appji 11 becomes friable ; then strain through linen). Employed as anbm i t ^ a * , ’ 0ri to irritable ulcers and skin diseases, especially tinea capitis;

. use requires great caution.

tob a 0lnt menl, prepared with twenty drops of the empyreumatic oil ofta|, e C | Co and an ounce of simple ointment, has been applied with advan-aJl American practitioners, to indolent tumors and ulcers ; but likeivitb^Pamtions of tobacco, when employed externally, must be usedAN great cau tion ( United States Dispensatory).the 1 Tidot es. —If the poison have been swallowed, let the contents of(]° l(! , 0l nach be withdrawn as speedily as possible. No chemical anti-siojj 5 s as yet been demonstrated ; but the vegetable astringents (infu-th e 1 n utgalls, green tea, &c.) deserve examination. As anti-narcotics,th e t e ^ eta hle acids and coffee may be administered. The other parts ofof ^ e atment must be adapted to circumstances. When the depressionter C( j e ' ascular system is extreme, ammonia and brandy may be adminis-he ar t good effect, and frictions employed: even acupuncture of theArtjc ;•) has been suggested (Stephenson and Churchill, Med. Bot.)Li] e( j Cla respiration should not be omitted, when other means havept r j ' ^ apoplectic symptoms present themselves, blood-letting may,

P s > be requisite, as in the case related by Dr. M. Hall.

a nu m Dulcama'ra, Linn., L. E. D.— Woody Nightshade; Bitter-sweet.

Sex. Syst. Pentandria, Monogynia.j j (Caulis, L.—Twigs, Caules , D.)

l , Liit ,ST " RY -—Sprengel (Hist. Rei Herb. vol. i. p. 227) considers thislo he the Citocatia of the Abbess Hildcgard, of Bilgen, who died