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^ ea -ly promoted by the ipecacuanha, which has a relaxing influence

cutaneous vessels. The use of the posset, enjoined by Dr.

llove •

tioilf- ls an important part of the sudorific plan. The coutraindica-C()rKl . or the use of compound powder of ipecacuanha are an irritableH es , 11011 °f the stomach (when this preparation is apt to occasion sick-ly, ’i . an d cerebral disorder. Thus, in fever, a dry furred tongue and aoth er .’ w ith much disorder of the cerebro-spinal functions, it, likeaujj °P la tes, is calculated to prove most injurious. In such cases, thet()i

jaonial sudorifics may be resorted to (see p. 418). But when the

th e ^ Ue - ls m °ist, the skin, if not damp, at least soft, and the functions ofslj„i rain n ot much involved, it will probably operate beneficially. InIt, v , c °lds, catarrhs, and rheumatic pains, it often proves most effectual,hin f ri ° Us inflammatory affections, when the febrile excitement does notS°od°° an( l when the brain is undisturbed, it may be used with

hi f jj e fl®ct. In acute rheumatism, it is occasionally highly serviceable,its ^ arril ®a and dysentery also. In hemorrhages from internal organs,(se e ^ utorus , it ls useful on the principle of revulsion or counter-irritationprgfl' 4p)> by its power of determining to the skin. The dose of thisgr,, e j ra -b°n is usually from grs. v. to grs. x., given in currant jelly or° r made into a pill (see Pilules Ipecacuanha et Opii), or adminis-ha Ve /- 111 a common saline draught. Where the stomach is irritable, IKo lrie Ire( luently seen five grains cause sickness. On the other hand, in<h.(, Cas es where a powerful sudorific is required, and the head quite4 ' £> S ‘ Xv ' or ev en 9j. of this powder are not unfrequently given.

Opj Ipecacuanha et Opii, E. (Powder of Ipecacuanha and

; Conserve of Red Roses, 3 ss.; beat them into a proper%e e ’ , lc fl is to be divided into twenty-four pills). Each pill containsefj„ j ^ains and three quarters of the compound powder of ipecacuanha,t0 three -eighths of a grain of opium, and the like quantity ofc mudi a Dose, one to three pills.

shrub. Rumpliius (Herb. Amboin. vol. v.under the name of Funis uncatus or

Unca'ria Gam bier, Roxburgh.— The Gambir.

Nau'clea Gam'bir, Hunter.

Sex. Syst. Pentandria, Monogynia.

(The extract obtained from the leaves; Gambir, or Gambir-Catechu.)

tain e d^- 0RY ‘’— Gambler or Gambir is the Malay name of an extract ob-*ab. the leaves of this

^ Q Un n ” as described the plant

\£ y ^ atta Gambir.

^° r °llaf y ' Gen. Chap. —Limb of calyx short, urceolate, five-cleft.' IV al-ob] Unne t' s haped; tube slender; throat naked; lobes five, spreading,y hrria t° n *V Anthers enclosed or protruded. Style filiform, protruded;°as e °mid, undivided. Capsules pedicellate, clavate, tapering to thenumerous, imbricated, winged.—Climbing shrubs. Pe-la 1 oq,,„ , en °ld becoming axillary compressed hooked spines. Flowers, V c ! leads (Lindley ; D. C.)

s ' lo rt p — Branches terete. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, with

s °lita r ., ° es > smooth on both sides. Stipules ovate. Peduncles axillary,C(J rivw’ °PP°site, bracteolated about the middle ; the lowest ones sterile,111 to hooked spines (D. C.)

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