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DELPHINIUM.
EXTRACT OF CARROT.
Exlraetum seu Rob Dauci seu Dauci Carottaiseu Dauci Radiéis, Suecas Dauci inspis-satus. (Ant. ; Belg. ; Fuld. ; Hann. ;Lipf. ; Olden. ; Pol. ; Borus. ; Sax. ;
SwEDIACn)
Carrots, crated,Boiling Water,
two pounds,ten pounds.
Digest for twenty-four hours in a coveredvessel, and then boil for one hour. Pouroff the liquor when cold, and then expressthe pulp. Mix the two liquors, and whenthey have become sufficiently depurated byrepose, evaporate to the proper consistence.(Belg.)
R. Carrots, grated, any quantity.
Water, a sufficient quantity,
or, about one half. Boil till the root be-comes soft, put it into a bag, and expressthe juice with force ; then strain this throughflannel, and evaporate it slowly, removingthe scum, to the consistence of honey.(Fuld. ; Lipp. ; Sax.)
Hann. ; Olden. ; Pol. ; Borus. ; andSwediaur direct the juice to be clarified,by giving it two or three boils, before eva-porating it.
R. Depurated Juice of Carrot,
nine pounds.White Sugar, one pound.
Boil, constantly stirring, to the consis-tence of honey. (Ant.)
It is demulcent and pectoral,—It has alsobeen extolled as an anodyne application toulcerated cancer.
DELPH INIUM.
Two species of this genus of plants arementioned in pharmacopoeias :
I. Delphinium consolida, Linn. — Larkspur.
Synonimes :— Pied d'Alouette, Fr. ; Rit-tersporn, Germ.; Kralowsky swalnjk,Rytjrska ostruha, Cernohlawek, Bohem. ;Ridderspor, Dut.
Bruns. ; Gall. ; Wirtem.; Bergius ;Brugnatelli ; Guibourt ; Murrayand Gmelin ; Spielmann ; Zarda.
A common plant of Europe. (PolyandriaTrigynia, Linn. ; Ranunculáceas, Juss. ;Fig. Zorn, Tc.pl. t. 383.)
The herb and flowers are employed.
The herb (Herba Consolida regalis seuCalcitrippœ) consists of a pubescent, branch-ing stem, and of leaves, divided into three,Which are again divided into several linearstraps. It is inodorous, and has a bittertaste.
The flowers are blue, in loose racemes,placed at the ends of the stems and branches.They are without odour, and have a bitter,mucilaginous and rather styptic taste.
TINCTURE OF LARKSPUR.
Tinctura Delphinii. (Augustin)
R. Seeds of Larkspur, one ounce.
Alcohol, half a pound.
Digest in a moderate heat. — Dose, fromten to twenty drops, thrice a day ; in spas-modic asthma. — Recommended by Blan-chard.
2. Delphinium Staphisagria,hixx. — Staves-acre.
Synonimes: — Staphisaigre; Fr. ; Laeuse-saamen, Germ. ; Wssiwec, Plane wjno,Blessnjk, Bohem. ; Luusurt, Dan. ;Hierba Piojera, Span. ; Luiskruid, Dut. ;Erba contra i pidocchi, Ital. ; Gnidoszziele, Pol. ; Alvarrez, Port. ; StafFanfrae,Swed.
Lond. ; Dubl. ; Edinb. ; Amst. ; Ant. ;Batav. ; Belg. ; Hisp.; Gall. ; Flrr.;Genev. ; Suec ; Wirtem.; Herbip. ;Bergius; Brugnatelli; Coxe; Gui-bourt; Murray and Gmelin; Spiel-ma.vx ; Zarda.
A plant of the middle of Europe. (.Fig.Zorn, le. pi. t. 473.)
The seeds (Semines Staphidis agriœ seuStaphtsagrioi ; Stephanskcerner, Loeuse-kcerner, Laeusesaamen, Germ.) are' em-ployed. They are of a blackish-grey colour,flattish, triangular, sometimes tetragonal,rough, wrinkled, and bent. Each containsan oblong, yellowish white kernel. Theirodour is very disagreeable ; and their tasteacrid, caustic, and bitter.
It contains, according to Lassaigne andFeneulle, a peculiar alcaloid, Delphinium,Delphia, which is the source of its activity.
It is excitant, sialagogue, emetic, andpurgative.
decoction of stavesacre.
Deeoetum Seminum Delphinii Staphisagrias.
(Niemann) .
R. Stavesacre Seeds, bruised, one ounce.Spring Water, one pound and a half.