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Boil, and reduce to two pounds, addingtowards the end,

Hyssop, one pinch.

Strain when cold.

3. Brassica olerácea, Linn. — Cabbage.

Synonimes :— Chou, Chou potager, Fr. ;Kohl, Germ. ; Kinnub, Arab. ; Kopi,Beng. ; and Hind. ; Kelum, Pol.

Belg. ; Gall. ; Genev. ; Wirtem. ;Ainslie ; Bergius; Guibourt ; Mur-ray and Gmelin ; Spielmann.

This plant grows spontaneously on thesea coasts of England ; it is cultivated in allkitchen-gardens, where it has produced aninfinite number of varieties.

The leaves and seeds are employed.

The leaves (Folia Brassica; capitata; alba;et rubra;) are oval and glaucous, or red.

The seeds (Semen Brassica; rubra?) areround, of the size of those of mustard, of areddish brown colour, and of an oleóse andslightly acrid taste.

The cabbage is slightly stimulant. It hasbeen recommended, the red variety particu-larly, in affections of the lungs.

LOHOCH OF RED CABBAGE.

Looch de Gordon. (Cadet de Gassicourt;Piero.uin)

R. Depurated Juice of Red Cabbage,

one pound.Saffron, three drams.

Sugar, of each,

Despumated Honey, J half a pound.

Mix. — Dose, a spoonful.

syrup op red cabbage. (Gall. ; Bo-ries ; Pierquin)

R. Red Cabbage, cut small, two pounds.Water, one pound.

Boil over a moderate fire, in a coveredvessel, till the cabbage is softened. Add tothe strained decoction,

Sugar, twice its weight.

Skim carefully ; and boil to the consis-tence of syrup. (Gall.)R. Expressed Juice of boiled Red Cabbage,one pound.Clarify with white of egg. Add

Despumated Honey, one pound.

Boil, skim, and add

Saffron, two drams.

Sugar, eight ounces.

Boil to the consistence of syrup. (Pier-ouin)

Bories adds four ounces of oxymel ofsquill.

jelly of bed cabbage. (cadet deGassicourt ; Swediaur)

R. Leaves of Red Cabbage,

nine ounces.Isinglass, two ounces.

White Sugar, twenty-four ounces.

Water, a sufficient quantity.

Boil, clarify, and evaporate to the consis-tence of jelly, adding towards the end

Lemon Juice, half an ounce.

Preserve. (Swediaur)

Cadet de Gassicourt does not add thelemon-juice. — Dose, one ounce in the day.

BRUCINA.—BRUCIUM.

Synonime :— Brucine, Fr.Gall. ; Magendie.

R. Bark of False Angustura, any quantity.Exhaust it by aether ; then treat it seve-ral times with alcohol (32 degrees). Dis-solve the alcoholic extract in water, pouracetate of lead into the solution, and freeit from whatever lead may remain, bypassing a current of hydrosulphuric acidgas through it ; then heat it and put it incontact with an excess of pure magnesia ;treat the precipitate which forms with boil-ingalcohol, and evaporate this to two thirds.Set it aside to crystallize, and collect thecrystals.

It is irritant and poisonous. — Its actionresembles that of strychnia, but in an infe-rior degree, almost in the proportion of1 : 12, according to Magendie, or 1 : 24,according to the younger Andral.

Dose, from half a grain to five grains.

It is said to be useful in paralysis.

PILLS OF BRUCINA. (MAGENDIE)

R. Brucina,

Conserve of Roses,

twelve grains,half a dram.

Make into twenty-four pills, and silverthem.