1208 ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.

1. Infusum Cusparim, L. E. Infusum Angusturee, D. (Cusp al1 ®’bruised, 5v. [3ij. 79.] ; Boiling [distilled, L.] Water, Oj. [Oss. wine insure, 79.] Macerate for two hours in a lightly covered vessel, and stu .[through linen or calico, E.]) —Tonic, stomachic, and stimulant.

in low fever, bilious diarrhoeas and dysenteries, muscular debility, ^pepsia, &c. Dose f3j. to f3ij. Tincture of cinnamon is an agre eaaddition to it. .

2. Tinctura Cusparim, E. Tinctura Angusturce, D. (Cuspan a ’ ..moderately fine powder, jij. and 5ij. [gij. D .]; Proof Spirit, Oj;wine measure, 7).] Macerate for fourteen days and filter, D. —Tin® . rture is to be made like the tincture of cinchona, and most expedite •.by the process of percolation, E.) Tonic, stimulant, and stomaGenerally employed as an adjunct to bitter infusions. Dose fsj- t0

Other Medicinal Rutaceee.

The root of Dictamm'nus Fraxinel'la, or Bastard Dittany, was formerly empl°ymedicine, but of late years has fallen into almost total disuse. There are two v . s jof this plant: a. purpurea with purple flowers; and &. albaw ilh white flowers.native of the South of Europe . The root contains volatile oil, resin, bitter

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and probably gum,. It is an aromatic tonic, and is reputed to possess antisp as ,,t3)diuretic, and emmenagogue properties. It was formerly employed in in term ^ toepilepsy, hysteria, amenorrhoea, chlorosis, and worms. The dose of it is ' roW () p xi*'jj. Attention has been recently drawn to it by Dr. Aid is (Land. Med. Gal- v inp. 142), who states that it has been employed, during forty years, with great sUC , y/e<fthe cure of epilepsy, by Baron A. Sloet van Oldruitenborgh and family (s eeL° n ^ j a dy)and Phys. Joum. vol. xlvi. p. 605). I am acquainted with one patient (a youn„who took it for six months without receiving any ultimate benefit from it.

Order 63. Zygophylla'ce.®, Lindley .— The Bean Caper Tb i,jE

Zygophylle.®. — R. Brown.

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'haracter. —Sepals five, distinct, or scarcely coherent at the ,a ? e '. )C t, 1> Vate with the sepals, inserted on the receptacle. Stamens ten, djs^ five*five onnosite to the seDals. and five to the Metals . OvdTV .1/7*0'

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Essential Chapfive, alternat

pogynous, five opposite to the sepals, and five to the petals. Ovarycelled ; styles five united into one, sometimes rather distinct at the apex.five carpels, which are more or less adnate to each other and to the cen n gith ercells dehiscent at the superior angle, usually many-seeded, or one-seede • .

cocculifernus nor arilliferous. Seeds albuminous, or commonly exalbumi' ^ p -//$■bryo straight; radicle superior; cotyledons foliaceous.— Herbs, shrubs,

Leaves with stipules at the base, usually compound. (79. C .)

Properties. —The Guaiacums are resinous, and possess stimulant properties*

Guai'acum officinale, Linn. L.D. — Officinal Guaiacum-

Sex, Syst . Decandria, Monogynia.

(Lignum. Resina, h. D.~ Wood. Resin obtained by heat from the wood, 7£-)

History. —The Spaniards derived their knowledge of the ® j fiiiuses of Guaiacum from the natives of St. Domingo, and introu ^otiremedy into Europe in the early part of the sixteenth century1508.) The fir«t importer of it was Gonsalvo Ferrand, " °j^ r jt >infected with the venereal disease, and not obtaining any cure