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The Edinburgh new Dispensatory : containing 1. The Elements of pharmaceutical Chemistry ; 2. The Materia Medica; or the natural, pharmaceutical and medical History, or the Substances employed in Medicine ; 3. The pharmaceutical Preparations and Compositions ; including Translations of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia published in 1805, of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia in 1807, and of the London Pharmacopoeia in 1815
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Part II.

Materia Medica.

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obstinate chronic disorders. It then lost its reputation, and wasconsidered by many as a very inert mucilaginous substance ;and the diaphoresis, which it is sometimes supposed to produce,was entirely ascribed to the warm and diluent regimen employ-ed at the same time. More recently, however, it has comeinto favour for the cure of many cutaneous affections, and es-pecially of syphiloid diseases; and if upon just grounds, it willexplain why it should have been so strongly recommended insyphilis, and why it should have iaileJ..

SoLANUM DULCAMARA. Lond. Dub.

Willd. g. 383, sp. 15. Smith, g. 100, sp, 1. PentandriaMonadelphia. —Nat. ord. Solanacea:.Bitter-sweet. Woody nightshade.

Off.— The twigs.

Dulcamara caulis. Lond.

Dulcamara stipites, autumno collectae. Dub.

This climbing shrub grows wild in moist hedges, has woodybrittle stalks, and flowers in June and July. The twigs shouldbe gathered early in spring. The taste, as the name of theplant expresses, is both bitter and sweet; the bitterness beingfirst perceived, and the sweetness afterwards j and when freshthey have a nauseous smell.

Medical use. —The dulcamara was formerly much esteemedas a powerful medicine. It is in general said to increase allthe secretions and excretions, to excite the heart and arteries,and, in large doses, to produce nausea, vomiting, and convul-sions ; but its effects seem to differ according to the nature ofthe soil on which it grows, being most efficacious in warmclimates, and on dry soils. It has been recommended in cu-taneous affections, especially lepra and in syphiloid diseases, inrheumatic and cahectic swellings, in ill-conditioned ulcers,scrofula, indurations from milk, leucorrhoea, jaundice, andobstructed menstruation. P has principally been used indecoction : two or three ounces of that of the London Pharma-copoeia may be given thrice a-day, and gradually augmented,till a pint be consumed daily. A stronger decoction may beused externally as a lotion. In the form of extract, from 5to 10 grains may be given for a dose.

SOL1DAGO VIRGA AUREA. Did).

Willd. g. 14-83, sp. 35. Smith, g, 368, sp. 1. Syngencsia su-perflua. —Nat. ord. Composites radiatcc.Common golden-rod.

 
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