DESVAUXIA.
Boil down to one pound ; add to thestrained decoction.
Tincture of Opium, twenty-four grains.
Mix. — It is recommended by Ranque initch, to be applied as a lotion, by means oflinen-rag, twice a day. If it irritates theskin too much, water may be added to it ;in every case, one third of water is to beadded at the eighth or ninth day. The dis-ease is said to be cured with this applicationin ten or eleven days.
EXCITANT LOTION.
Lotio e Staphisagria. (Swediaur)
R. Stavesacre Seeds, half an ounce.
Boiling Water, one pound.
Infuse for half an hour, strain, and add
Alcohol, half a pound.
Mix. — For obstinate diseases of the skin.
ANTI-SCORBUTIC GARGLE. (PiERQUIn)
R.
Mix.
Stavesacre Seeds,Mustard,Hydromel,Oxymel of Squill,
one ounce,three drams.four ounces,two ounces.
POWDER AGAINST LICE.
Mix.
Stavesacre Seeds,Long Pepper,
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(Pierquin)
of each,an equal part.
OINTMENT AGAINST LICE.
Unguentum contra Pedículos Capitis.(Brugnatelli ; Niemann ; Swe-diaur)
R. Stavesacre Seeds, one part.
Lard, three parts.
Infuse with heat for several hours, andexpress. (Swediaur)R. Stavesacre Seeds, two drams.
Simple Cerate, six drams.
Mix. (Swediaur)
Brugnatelli and Niemann prescribetwo drams of stavesacre seeds, three dramsof lard, and three drams of mutton suet.R. Stavesacre Seeds, two drams.
Root of White Hellebore,
one dram and a half.
Leaves of Tobacco, one dram.
Oil of Tobacco, a sufficient quantity.
Wax, a little.
Infuse, and add when strained,
Oil of Lavender, eight grains.
Mix. (Niemann)
DENTARIA.
Two species of this genus of plants arementioned in pharmacopoeias.
1. Dentaria Digitata, Lmk.
Synonimes :— Dentaire digitée, PetiteDentaire, Fr. ; Zehrwurzel, Steinbrech-wurzel, Germ.
Wirtem. ; Spielmann.
A plant of the middle of Europe. (Tetra-dynamia Siliquosa, Linn. ; Crucifera,Juss. ; Fig. Garid. Aix, 152, t. 29.)
The root [Radix Dentaria? minoris seuViola dentaria seu Sanícula alba seu Sym-
pJiyti dentarii) is employed. It is composedof white and fleshy scales, and has an astrin-gent taste.
2. Dentaria pinnala, Lmk.Synonime :— Dentaire pinnée, Fr.Gall.
A plant of the middle of Europe.
The root is employed ; it is less scaly andmore solid than that of the preceding.
These two plants were formerly reputedvulnerary.
DESVAUXIA FLUITANS, Beaud.
Synonimes : — Fetiique flottante, Fr. ;Mannagras, Schwadin, Germ.
Bruns. ; Bergius.
This plant grows in the marshes of thenorth of Europe. (Triandria Digynia,
Linn. ; Gramínea, Juss. ; Fig. Schreb.Agrost. p. 37, t. 3.)
The seed (Semen Graminis Manna) isemployed. It is brown and shining.
It is emollient, and analeptic ; but itforms an aliment rather than a medicament.4 H