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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.

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mgs, and, in consequence, is adapted for hypochondriacal cases-account of the evolution of carbonic acid, it may be occasionallyployed to allay vomiting. It is objectionable in gouty subjects. - sRhine wine (Vinum Rhenanum), of which Hock (Vinum HochheiinensVthe most familiar example, and the Moselle wine (Vinum Moselw 11are refrigerant and light wines. They prove diuretic, and slightly ^rient. Their acidity adapts them for use where phosphatic sedinj® ^are observed in the urine. They are used also in low fever, "T, re tleast less likelihood of doing harm than the stronger wines. K .

(Vinum rubellum) has been already mentioned as one of the least 1rious of wines. It is adapted for the same cases as the Rhm e jMoselle wines. Both are, of course, objectionable in gouty caseslithic acid deposits, on account of their acidity. £ t j,e

As a pharmaceutical agent, wine is employed for the preparation 0 ^medicated wines (vina medicata). Sherry is the kind employed bjBritish colleges; but for economy druggists often use Cape wine* ^efficacy resides essentially in the alcohol which it contains. 1 11 ^

cases, however, its acidity may increase its solvent power. B ut ?. Squantity of alcohol which it contains is variable, and as it is more ,to undergo decomposition than a tincture containing the same p r °*tion of spirit, the medicated wines are objectionable preparations. . <J

3. Spirit us Vixi Gallici, L.— Brandy. An ardent spirit obta e din France by the distillation of wine. A British Brandy is manufac - t5in this country. To the account of brandy and other ardent S 1already given (see pp. 196—206) I have nothing now to add- jOstrength of brandy, as ascertained by Sykes’s hydrometer, should

per cent, under proof. r , \t\V y

4. Mistura Spiritus Vixi Gallici, L. Egg-Flip. —(Brandy ? 0 ;

mon Water, of each, fSiv.; the Yolks of two Eggs; Purified ® u ” a jj 0 gl)'Oil of Cinnamon, rqjj. Mix). Stimulant and restorative. Excee ^valuable in the last stage of fever, and in extreme exhaustionuterine and other hemorrhages. Dose, f3ss. to fSiss.

Order 66. Gl t ttif'er.e, Jussieu. —The Mangosteen Tri® e '

Clusiaceaj, Lindley. -

Essential Character.— Sepals two to six, usually persistent, round, fr et I uequal and coloured ; estivation imbricated. Petals hypogynous, four to ten-

— hypogynous, indefinite, or rarely defim ’ e qu8”

or variously united at the bas e\ flames * 0 ,net in,t santhers adnate, introrse or extrorse,

i prv email cnmehmsc nr» IjlT.

Fin. 220.

Garcia ia Mangostana.

very small, sometimes unilocular, and a ® s j ( >nal|-opening by a pore. Torus fleshy, oC ~ c e\W

era*

five-lobed. Ovary solitary, one- or n,a .j ^re 1ovules solitary, or several in eac K C j {() se fascending, or numerous and attache s«

placentte ; style usually none or ver 'jj a te. F r 'l.dom conspicuous; stigmas peltate or f® ^ nia".capsular or fleshy, or drupaceous, ° n ®” ( j e b> s '’ el1

vupouiai ui licoi j Ul uiujiuc?--/

celled, valvular and septicidal, a rill? 1 .

.e*M.

Seeds definite, in a pulp, apterous,testa thin and membranous; albumen e otyl e ^ „straight; radicle small next the him®■ ’ _fre eS .large, thick and fleshy, often cohering ^gjno*shrubs, sometimes parasitical. -> ul c0T iscc°Leaves exstipulate, always oppo slte ’