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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.

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Drs. Christison and Coindet (Christison, On Poisons, p- 203, g e ^e dgave drachm doses to cats without observing that the animals o0any inconvenience therefrom. The effects of large doses of this aman I am not acquainted with. Small quantities dissolved 111 ^ aI1 dallay thirst, diminish preternatural heat, check profuse sweat 111promote the secretions of urine. Vogt {Pharmakodyn. Bd. U- TeS pect2“ Aufl.) says it acts, more than tartaric acid, on the skin (in this ur pbeing similar to acetic acid), and less on the alimentary canal a ^nary organs. The continued employment of it causes disordersdigestive organs. 1230)

The uses of this acid are analogous to those of lemon jm ce T , * e ras a substitute for which it is applied in medicine. Dr. -y^).Bristol, has proposed a solution of it as a solvent for opium (see /freed2. Strupus Limonum, L. E. D.—(Lemon juice strained [ an ...^ p]from impurities by subsidence, E. D.], Oj.; Sugar, lb.ijss. L 31Dissolve the sugar in the lemon juice, by the aid of a gentle he 'sho'ddset aside for twenty-four hours; afterwards remove the scum, anci j,]ethere be any dregs, pour off the clear liquor).—Refrigerant. An a £ .or/adjunct to diluent drinks, as barley-water, in febrile and inflaincomplaints, and to gargles. Dose, f3j. to f5iv.

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Ci r trus Auran!tium, Risso, L. E. D .—The Common or Sweet Oranff

Sea. Syst. Polyadelphia, Polyandria. Q { tb f

Fructus. Fructfis cortex exterior. Flores. Oleum e floribus destillatum, /:.—

flnwars Volatila oil of tha flnworc I’ _WniotAe enivwc of tnni/>a nvlnrinr FIOTfiS. *0 f

flowers. Volatile oil of the flowers, E .—Fructfts succus et tunica exterior. Flores.

-It is somewhat uncertain when the sweet orange 1^

History. —It is somewhat uncertain when the sweet orangeknown to Europe . The bitter orange, as well as the lemon, vvaS ^during the middle ages, but the sweet orange is supposed n ° . i-been introduced until a period after this (Macfadyen, Bot. A302).

Botany Ge^. Char. —See Citrus medica. toothed 1

Sp. Char. —Leaves oval, elongated, acute, sometimes slightly

petiole more or less dilated and v c ge-Flowers white, large. Fruit ^ gua ]lycoloured, roundish or ovoid,^ ^ »

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depressed, rarely terminal

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small knob; rind with convex i' 1of oil; pulp sweet (Wight

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Amott).—A great number of s °^ n 0known to gardeners. Theorange is the common orange o ^markets and of the Portuguese - ,St. Michael’s orange is a small s .less variety. The blood-red, ° r ^has a reddish-yellow fruit, with a 1irregularly mottled with crimson-

Citrus Aurantium. Hab. — Asia ; probably

Cultivated in the South of Em

the Azores, and the West Indies . j,-

Dinscription Orange leaves (folia aurantii) are feebly bitter. T fwatery infusion is greenish and somewhat bitter. They contain a