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tn e ^ So \ Ven t application, in the form of plaster, to glandular enlarge-ln dolent afl'ections of the joints, &c. it occasionally proves
It ^^'istratton.—T he dose of ammoniacum is from grs. x. to 3ss.the ^ Siren in the form of pill or emulsion. It is a constituent ofcompound, pills of squills, (see p. 655) a very useful expectorant in
j catarrhs.
[« 'Xhtuiu Ammoniaci, L. D. Lac Ammoniaci (Ammoniacum, 3v."iih v,’ ^ter,Oj. [Pennyroyal Water, fjviij.D.] llub the ammoniac u ms honl 1 Water gradually poured on, until they are perfectly mixed. [Itig 0 . ^ strained through linen, Z>.])—The resinous constituent of am-of lac tim is more effectually suspended in water by the aid of the yolkb r n e Sg- This mixture operates as a stimulant to the bronchial mera-e ’, aud ls us ed as an expectorant in chronic coughs, Immoral asthma,I) ‘ is a convenient and useful vehicle for squills or ipecacuanha.
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^mpi.aktr um Ammoniaci, L. E. D. (Ammoniacum, 5v.; Dis-attito • egar > fSviij.; [f3ix. E. ; Vinegar of Squill, Oss. D.] Dissolve theJ ?1 ° rn acuin in the vinegar, then evaporate the liquor [in an iron vessel,pJ Wldl a slow fire, [over the vapour bath, E.] constantly stirring, to as 0 j v f er consistence.)—A very adhesive, stimulant, and discutient or re-Wt 6nt i dast ' er - It sometimes causes an eruption. It is applied to indo-the , SWell ings, as of the glands and joints. A very useful application to•3 °to Serna id’s swollen knee.
Kiiil ^ Uplast R™ Ammoniaci cum Hydrargyro, L. E. D. (The for-p * °f the London and Dublin Colleges have been before given [seethe T l - ^ le formula of the Edinburgh College is similar to that ofJ °ndon College).—For its effects and uses, see p. 458.
■dne’thum grave’olens, Linn. L. E.— Common or Garden Bill.
Sex . Syst. Pentandria, Digynia.
eq^^ORY. —This plant is mentioned by Hippocrates [Opera, p. 359,Xx <aes, )> by Dioscorides (lib. iii. cap. 67), and by Pliny [Hist. Nat. lib.xJ.? a P- 74, ed. Valp.) It is also noticed in the New Testament [Matt.g ’ 23.) 1
e nt j 0 t -)ny. Gen. Char. —Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals roundish,f r le > involute, with a squarish retuse lobe. Fruit lenticular, flattenedh'Uit -]^ le back, surrounded by a flattened border. Mericarps [half-a C(1 j Y’ith equidistant, filiform ridges ; the three intermediate [dorsal]b 0r ] y heeled, the two lateral more obsolete, losing themselves in thefill \ er ' broad, solitary in the channels, the whole of which they
e r g w ° °n the commissure. Seeds slightly convex, flat in front. Smoothv 0 i u ann uals. Leaves decompound, with setaceous linear lobes. In-ere and involucellce none. Flowers yellow (D. C.)
P ' On AH'—Fruit elliptical, surrounded with flat dilated margin
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si^ ° 0< tapering, long. Stem one a half to two feet high, finely striated,branched. Leaves tripinnated; segments fine capillary; leaf-cqjjj s broad and sheathing at the base. The plant greatly resembles111011 fennel, though its odour is less agreeable.