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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.

Manufacturers, however, must have some cheaper and more readily P .curable mould than a fish’s swimming bladder. Gelatinous capsulecubebs, containing the oil of cubebs, are also prepared by Mr. Wild®? 0 'The resin of copaiva, which was much extolled a few years since ( l* 1 JfObserv. on the Treatm. of Gonorrh. by a new Prep, from the B a ‘ 'Copaiba , 1827), is the least active part of the balsam. - n a

Oleum Copaibm , E. (Copaiva, 3j.; Water, Oiss. Distil, preset'' - tthe water ; when most of the water has passed over, heat it, retu ^into the still, and resume the distillation ; repeat this process so l? n £ ^a sensible quantity of oil passes over with the water). The direction ^the Edinburgh College make the process of obtaining the oil aPl )C . QlI1more operose one than it really is. Mr. Whipple informs me, that ^•249 lbs. of balsam he obtained T28 lbs. of volatile oil and 1-0 1resin. — The physical and chemical properties of the oil havealready described (p. 1175).—I prefer the oil of copaiva to any 0preparation of the balsam. The usual dose is from ten to twenty °which may be gradually increased; but I have known f3ij. taken adose without any ill effects. It may be taken on a lump of sugar-

Other Medicinal Leguminosce.

Spar'tium jun'ceum or Spanish broom, the o-xapriov of Dioscorides , is oC ‘j asl ° s "

pmrilovorl tn mo/lioina T li o coodo ltl liirffG n

Fig. 218.

employed in medicine. The seeds, in large

all)'

are

They

0l»

Spartium junceum.

Fig. 219.

Butea frondosa.

emetic and purgative; in small quantities, diuretic- .have been employed by Dr. Eccles (Pearson. Obs ^ e \(Broomseed, 1835, Loud.) in dropsical affections- ^ juadvantage over other diuretics is their tonic opera j 0 .consequence of which they maybe persisted in ,f. eI i, indefinite length of time (Pearson). They may be athe form of powder, in doses from grs. x. to grs- xV ^’ ut th etimes a-day, in cold ginger-tea or mint-water; jo

tincture (prepared by digesting Jij. of the bruise' ps

fjviij. of proof spirit) is the best form of exhibit! 0dose is f3j. to f 3 iij.

The Bu'tea frondo'sa is a middling-sized tree.^eoro^ i ,a "Bengal and in the mountainous parts of India . ^ tree,tural fissures and wounds made in the bark oj jui ce ’during the hot season, there issues a most beautiful * j n geHtwhich soon hardens into a ruby-coloured, brittle, a-gum” (Roxburgh, FI. India, vol. iii. p.245). gei - -k et Hbutea. It has been recently brought over by 1 ' ^gsby w hom samples were given to Dr. Royle (Proce ^ sl atipthe Committee of Comm, and Agricult, of R°f!, nU <i th> sSoc. 1838, j). 50, Loud.) On examination, I pr«'

gum to be identical with a substance which ...ark 0 ”

viouslymet with in an old drup

■ firm of this cjty^ J ha flgummi rubrum astringens, and samples d itsent to Professor Guibourt, who has descri > /jfist- ^ eSthe name of gomme astringente de Gamble , , • ( ] de-~ . ,0 be ,b - 4th*»•)'

it 15

Drog. ii. 428, 3 me ed.), believing it -- _ ^

scribed by Fothergill {Med. Obs. and Inq • i- ’ ( |, a tbut which I have already expressed my°P ■"'"'Nortb^-Jnot (see p. 1143). Butea gum (called Kuenee e j (|I1 gat e ,India, and Kin-suka in Sanscrit ) is in snia pieces 0tears, which are blackish externally, and iaV n .jned ofbark adhering to them. Small fragments ex j (g ta sttransmitted light, are observed to be ruby-re • n j of' 11 !”is astringent. It contains from 15 to 25 p e r pcc° rpurities (wood, bark, small pebbles, and san ;•