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t j a j ^ s lhma and Hooping Cough, 1769), and others have found it benefi-We / n ^ l00 P} n 9 cough, both Millar and Kopp ( Lond. Med. Gaz. i. 581)b° t j *ound it beneficial. It promotes expectoration, and diminishes"hi 4 v '°^ ellce and frequency of the attacks. The repugnancee ttir 1 * c ^*^ ren manifest to its use is, however, a great drawback to its0r ^jhVinent. In flatulent colic of hysterical and dyspeptic individuals,i lr , a - ln fants, few remedies are more efficacious, when the disease is\yj^ c ° la panied by any marks of inflammatory action, and is attendedsp ea i C ° ns fip a ti° n . Of its efficacy in the flatulent colic of infants, I canf 0rtJi hom repeated observation ; it is given with great advantage in thehut i ,f cl >' ster - In most cases, its laxative operation is an advantage ;

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it j' ^f; s a stimulating expectorantMe i- ^ en °h considerable use.ca Ses lSease is of long standing. I have found it most beneficial in thoses Pa$ S VV ^. ere fhe cough and difficulty of breathing assume at intervals aMinn, and where the wheezing is considerable. In such, I()(,]■ ° Un d full doses of asafaetida with ammonia give great relief. In"asf le ^ ema les, subject to repeated attacks of catarrh, attended withsweating, and other constitutional symptoms of phthisis, I have

tjw , asafeetida of frequent benefit. In these cases, it does not actr CtV h,r -- 1 ,

“ Should this be an objection, it may be counteracted by the addition, au< laniirn

and antispasmodic in chronic catarrh,It is adapted for old persons, and where

’ y hy its expectorant effects, for oftentimes one good consequence ofg ' e !s diminution of excessive bronchial secretion.leni affections of the alimentary canal .—The use of asafeetida in flatu-hevi ° llC has been above noticed. It is often of considerable value in re-Ca.) „ 8 flatulence in old persons, especially in hypochondriacal and hysteri-fcffg c ^ J ec ts, and when accompanied with constipation, as it has a laxativeaid i fe provokes the expulsion of the gaseous matter, and appears toof t | 1 Preventing its re-production. It is beneficially used in the formy sle r, to relieve a tympanitic condition of the abdomen and flatu-ktt Cl , ’^fension of the bowels in low fevers. In constipation, with flatu-

oft^ ’ u is an useful addition to purgative mixtures or enemata. It has

4 oeen used as an anthelmintic ; but it is of less frequent efficacy,fesis^ an emm enagogue in uterine obstructions (amenorrlicea and chlo-aff e „' asafeetida has been employed from a notion that it specifically'hint' . l he womb,—an opinion which is supported by the reports ofMan * finale pupils, that it brought on the catamenial discharge earlier

Usu al. Experience, however, has not been much in favour of the}>V e ? ag0 " ue operation of asafeetida when this remedy has been em-i'api'rf ^^ seases - “ Whether it be owing,” says Dr. Cullen, “ to theSom e slate in which we too frequently have this medicine, or to

l ain e i * n l^ e nature of the amenorrhosa, I would not positively deter-iu g V nit this is certain, that I have very seldom succeeded in employ-

5 ® asalojtida as an emmenagogue.”

* a condiment .—I have already referred to the condimentary uses‘‘ ]w 'fe asafeetida, especially by oriental nations. At the Pass ofHK;q' (£ . an ^hikun,” says Lieut . Bumes ( Travels, i. 143), “ we found thein exuberance, and which our fellow-travellers ate withh» c,w ° lsa -” It is much used by the Brahmins against flatulence, and

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y * l ' e t their cold vegetable food (Ainslie, Mat. Indica , i. ’ 21 .)hviSTUATiON.—The dose of asafoetida is from grains v.

to 3i.