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ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA.

draughts (composed of citric acid and bicarbonate of

occasional attacks of vomiting especially observed in - t i ltJ

and which are commonly termed bilious attacks. By this treatio enviolence and continuance of the vomitings have been diminished, an g0IJiecontinued employment of calumba has reduced the frequency, and lhcases prevented the occurrence, of future attacks. . t ] ie

3. In diarrhoea and dysentery where tonics are admissible, as 0later periods of these diseases, when the inflammatory symptoiR® j 0 .subsided, and in habitual diarrhoea, calumba often proves service®

In Germany it is denominated Ruhrwurzel, (i. e. dysenteric root). ^

Administration. —Calumba is administered in the form of P° r ^ einfusion, or tincture. The dose of the powder is from gr. x. to 3 ss-infusion is the most eligible form of exhibition. I, a)

1. Infusum Calumbm, L. E. Infusum Colombo;, D. ( . U qi e d,sliced [in coarse powder, 2?.], 5v. [Sss. E.-, 5ij. D.] ; Boiling [d*^ 1 • aL.] Water [Cold Water, E.\, Oj. [Oss. D.} Macerate for two ho urs ’ jjlightly covered vessel, and strain, L. D .—“ Triturate the Calurnba^^a little of the water, so as to moisten it thoroughly ; put it into a V, ^lator, and transmit cold water till fjxvj. of infusion be obtained; ^ o0—The facility with which this preparation undergoes decomp oSI

is ascribed by Planclie to the substance which he terms animal ^Dose of the infusion, f3j. to fSij. It may be conjoined with alkalichalybeates, without injury or obvious change.

2. Tinctura Calumba, L. E. Tinctura Colombo, D. -deit

sliced [in small fragments; if by percolation in moderately fine P°' v ^E.], 3iij. [Sijss. D .]; Proof Spirit, Oij. Macerate for fourteen day s > ^ 0filter. “ Digest for seven days, pour off the clear liqour, exp rt ^ s ^ oreresiduum strongly, and filter the liquors. This tincture is muchconveniently prepared by the process of percolation, allowing the pn ".^ 0to be soaked with a little of the spirit for six hours before putting 1

the percolator,” E .)—An excellent adjunct to bitter infusions aIlC ,.f:;vescent medicines, when given to check vomiting. Dose, f5j. to i J

Anamir'ta Coc'cuius, Wight andAmott, E.— The Cocculus Indices P^ a

Coc'culus subero'sus Decandolle, D.

potash) h 1 ^

feTn a , _

Sex. Syst. Dicecia, Monadelphia.

(Fruit, Fructus vulgo Cocculus indicus, D. .

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History. —“ According to Sprengel {Berl. Jahrb. xxiij. 1822, D '^ ra -the fruit now usually called Cocculus indicus was introduced by tn ^bians, and was described by Avicenna and Serapion under the 1 ^of Maheradsch” (Schwartze, Pharm. Tabell . S. 388, 2 te Ausg.) _ > ’copy, however, of the Latin translation of Avicenna (Venet. Innword Maheradsch does not occur: but Mahezeheregi or Afrz/jC - , jt(lib. 2°‘ |U5 , tr. 2 ndus , cap. 488) is said to intoxicate fish. Nor can 1 ^ of

in Serapion. Cocculus indicus is sometimes termed the Levantbacca orientalis. 1 . in a

Botany. Gen. Char. — Flowers dioecious. Calyx of six se P•'double series, with two close-pressed bracteoles. Corolla none. 0t sstamens united into a central column dilated at the apex; ;

numerous, covering the whole globose apex of the column. + g ee dflowers unknown. Drupes one to three, one-celled, one-seeded-