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The London Dispensatory, containing : 1. the Elements of Pharmacy ; 2. the botanical Description, natural History, chemical Analysis, and medicinal Properties of the Substances of the Materia Medica ; 3. the pharmaceutical Preparations and Compositions of the Pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians ; the Whole forming a Practical Synopsis of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, and Therepeutics
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moderately induces vomiting, it proves more useful in hoopingcough and croup, than any other emetic. To produce its ex-pectorant and diuretic effects most effectually, squill must begiven in substance; but to excite vomiting, its infusion in vine-gar, or the oxymel, is more usually employed. Of the driedsquill gr. j. in the form of a pill, may be given at first for a dose,morning and evening, or every six hours; gradually increasingthe dose to grs. v. or grs. vj, or until some degree of nausea isinduced, and its expectorant or diuretic operation obtained.

Officinal preparations. Acetum Scillce. L. E. D. Oxymel Scillce.L. D. Pilules Scillce comp. L. E. D. Pulvis Scillce. E. D. Sy-rupus Scillce maritimce. E. Tinctura Scillce. L- D.

SCROPHULARIA. Spec. Plant. Willd. Hi. 269.CI. 14. Ord. 2. Didynamia Angiospermia. Nat. ord. Personate

Linn. Scrophulariae Juss.G. 1152 Cal. 5-cleft. Corolla subglobular, resupine. Capsule

2-celled.Species 2. S. nodosa. Knobby-rooted Figwort. Smith Flora. Brit.

663. Engl. Bot. 15M:Officinal. Scrophularia ; herba. Dub. Figwort herb.

This is an indigenous, perennial plant, growing in woodsand about hedges, flowering in July. The root is tuberous,and granulated. The stem rises three feet in height, is erect,simple, sharply quadrangular, smooth, and leafy. The leavesare opposite, petiolate, cordate, pointed, serrated, veined, smooth,cut at the base to the lateral veins, and as if three-nerved. Theflowers are in terminal bunches, erect, with the peduncles op-posite, dichotomous, and bracteolated. The flowers are of adark blood-red colour. The capsules ovate.

Qualities. —The recent leaves have a rank fetid odour, re-sembling that of elder, and a bitterish disagreeable taste; bul,both these qualities are nearly lost by drying. They yield theirvirtue* to water: and the infusion precipitates sulphate of iron 'brown.

Medical properties and uses. — Figwort is supposed to pos-sess diuretic and sedative properties. It has been used inscrophula, whence its name; and is recommended as a foment-ation to piles, malignant tumors, spreading ulcers, and cuta-neous eruptions : but it is very little known in practice.

SENEGiE RADIX. Vide Polygala.

SENNiE FOLIA. Vide Cassia.

SERPENTARIiE RADIX. Vide Aristolochia.

SEVUM. Vide Oct's.

SIMAROUBiE CORTEX. Vide Quassia.

SINAPIS. 1 Spec. Plant. Willd. iii. 554..

1 Smiri Dioscoridis.

 
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