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diuretic—mode of exhib. Powder, infusion, in scorbutic disordeisand dropsy, and in diuretic drinks.

Cascarilla : The bark of a shrub growing in the West Indies—sens. prop.Aromatic and bitter—med. virt. Tonic, stomachic—mode of exhib.Powder; infusion; decoction; tincture; and extract. A useful me-dicine in bilious, remittent, malignant, and intermittent fevers.

Cassia Fistula : The pod of a tree growing in Egypt and in the East andWest Indies—part used, The pulp lining the pod and its valves—sens.prop. Sweet, and lightly acrid—med. virt. Mildly purgative—modeof exhib. In electuaries.

Castor: The inguinal glands of the Castor or Beaver—part used, Theinternal friable matter—sens. prop. Smell, strong and ungrateful;taste, acrid and nauseous—med. virt. Stimulant, antispasmodic—mode of exhib. Powder; pill; bolus ; tincture.

Catechu has erroneously been called Japan earth. It is an extract ob-tained by infusing the wood of a tree growing in the East Indies—sens. prop. Astringent, with a degree of sweetness—med. virt. Tonic—mode of exhib. Decoction; infusion; powder; tincture; in obstinatediarrhoeas, dysenteries and other preternatural discharges.

Centaury, Lesser: A small annual plant, growing in dry situations—part used, The leaves and flowering tops—sens. prep. Simply bitter—med. virt. Tonic. In cases of atony, dyspepsy, jaundice—mode ofexhib. Infused after the manner of tea ; a tea-cupful two or threetimes a-day.

Cinchona : The bark of a tree growing in Peru. About the year 1640,the lady of the Spanish Viceroy, the Comitissa del Cinchona, was curedof an obstinate intermittent by this bark; and from the interest whicnCardinal de Lugo and the Jesuit brotherhood took in its sale and dis-tribution, it has been called Cardinal de Lugo's powder, Jesuits' bark,&c.; from the place of its growth, Peruvian bark; or simply, from itspre-eminent virtues, the Bark. In many foreign countries it is never-theless better known by the name of Quinquina, or Cinchona—sens.prop. Smell, peculiar, not agreeable; taste, strongly bitter and astrin-gent—med. virt. Tonic, antiseptic—mode of exhib. In powder;electuary; infusion; decoction; or the extract may be given in theform of pills, either alone or with other medicines. The extract iswell calculated for weak stomachs that cannot bear much bark in sub-stance. Cinchona finely powdered and quilted in the folds of a linenwaistcoat, or repeatedly exhibited, in the form of a clyster, has fre-quently proved efficacious in obstinate agues, when every other methodhas failed ; particularly with children, and in relaxed habits.

Cinnamon: The bark of a tree growing in the island of Ceylon, andwhich has been transplanted lately to various other places—sens. prop.A warm and extremely grateful aromatic and astringent—med. virt.Tonic, stimulant—mode of exhib. Powder; infusion; decoction; tinc-ture ; also employed in simple, and in a spiritous distilled water, as avehicle, or sometimes as an adjunct, to various other medicines.

Cinquefoil: A trailing plant growing wild—part used, The root—sens,prop. Mildly astringent—med. virt. Tonic, in diarrhoeas and relaxedgums—mode of exhib. In substance, half a drachm to a drachm; alsoin decoction, infusion, and gargles.