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(Ascaris lumbricoides), and that in a little time the animals heg a11writhe and twist about, evincing thereby extreme torture. On eX aling them with a magnifying glass, the hairs were found sticking ^° oS ^ein various parts of their bodies. Their usual want of action ° n . j c ]jinternal coat of the intestines is ascribed to the mucous secretion "defends the subjacent membrane from injury. In one case diarr^^followed the use of a very large dose of the electuary, and in an0 - t j Sinstance enteritis came on, after taking this preparation once; ^ a K l ^enot certain that these were the consequences of the operation °hairs (Chamberlaine, op. cit. p. 65). „J

Cowhage has been principally celebrated for expelling the large rworm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and the small thread-worm (A. ver ^laris). It has not proved equally serviceable against the tape -(Tania Solium). c \ e ,

Administration. —The best mode of exhibiting the seta; is in t resyrup, or honey. The quantity of hairs should be sufficient to g 1 ' ^ 0 fsyrup, or treacle, the consistence of honey, or of an electuary; aD f ( ilthis mixture a tea-spoonful may be given to children, and a table-sp°to adults: this dose should be taken twice a day—namely, at g 01 P, ;tbed, and in the morning an hour before breakfast. Chamberlaine s ■

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usually operates more effectually where a gentle emetic has beenmised. After continuing the electuary for three or four days, a ^gpurgative of jalap, or senna, should be taken, which will in generalaway the worms.

Pterocar'pus santali'nus, Linn. L. E. D. — Three-leaved PterocaTp 1 ^

Sex. Syst . Diadelphia, Decandria.

(Lignum, L. D.—Wood, E .) i

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History. —Avicenna (Canon, lib. ii. tract, ii. cap. 656) mention ^sandal wood (sandalus rubeus). Garcias (Clusius , Exot. 173) thin^jj sterm sandal is a corruption of chandama, the name by which the "known in Timor .

Botany. Gen. Char. — Sepals five, cohering to form a five- 0 t j,ecalyx. Petals five, forming a papilionaceous corolla. Stamens ^ ea ’^lfilaments variously combined. Legume indehiscent, irregular, som . jgjisorbicular, surrounded by a wing, often varicose, one-seeded. C° ? ^

thick, incurved ; radicle somewhat indexed at the base of the effi .Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves unequally pinnated (D. C.)

Sp. Char .— Arboreous. Leaflets three (rarely four or five ?)> r<a j 0ll g-retuse, glabrous. Racemes axillary, simple or branched. j [lt0 »

clawed, all waved or curled on the margins. Stamens combine 0 usheath, split down to the base on the upper side, and halfway do ol isthe lower. Legume long-stalked, surrounded by a broad, ^tt)'

wing, obtuse at the base, one- or rarely two-seeded (Wight and -

A lofty tree. Flowers yellow with red veins.

Hab .—Mountains of Coromandel and Ceylon. ,• rU b^’’

Description. — Red Sandal or red Sander's wood (lignum rhtaDg<lignum santalmum rubrum) is imported in roundish or somew ha jt

billets, which are blackish externally, but of a blood-red interna . ^is compact, heavy, of a fibrous texture, but is capable of taw ®> lpolish; almost tasteless, and inodorous, except when rubbed,