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HYOSCYAMUS—HENBANE.

Sulphuretted Balsam of

Turpentine,Tincture of Assafcetida,

■---------------- Ambergris,

■ Castor,

of each,two drams.

Rectified Oil of Amber, JMix. — It is applied in accidental deafnesswhere there is no inflammation nor acutepain.

SEDATIVE LINIMENT. (SaINTE-MaRIe)

R. BalsamumTranquillum,"]

Oil of Henbane, I of each,

-------- Chamomile, [three ounces.

-------- Camphor, J

Mix. — To be used as a liniment to pained

parts.

unguentum fofuleum ; ointment of

POPLAR.

Unguentum Gemmarum Populi compositum.(Amst. ; Ant.;Batav.;Belg.; Bruns.;Hisp. ; Gall. ; Form. Hop. Fa. ; Fuld. ;Hann. ; Palat. ; Sard.; Wirtem. ;Herbip. ; Spiklmann; Van Moss)

R. Buds of Poplar, two parts.

Fresh Herb of Henbane, one part.

Lard, four parts.

Boil slowly to the consumption of the

humidity, anil express. (Hann.)

R. Fresh Buds of Poplar,

one pound and a half.Lard, three pounds.

Preserve till the season at which can beadded to it,

Fresh Leaves of Henbane,■---------------------- Bella-

of each,four

donna, J ounces.

After sufficient maceration, boil to theconsumption of the humidity, and express.(Amst.)

This formula presents very numerousbut unimportant varieties, both with re-gard to the proportions and to the numberand choice of the plants associated with thehenbane : for instance — Bata v. prescribestwo pounds of buds, four of lard, six ofhenbane, and six of belladonna. — Hisp. —three pounds of buds, eight of lard, one anda half of henbane, one each, of houseleek,of violet, and of navel-wort, and two ofgarden nightshade. — Sard. — two poundsof buds, four of lard, three handfuls eachof white henbane, of red poppies, of house-leek, and of small houseleek, and six ouncesof garden nightshade. — Bruns. — one poundand a half of buds, six pounds of lard, fourounces each, of white poppy, of henbane,of garden nightshade, of lettuce, of violet,and of houseleek. — Form. Hop. Fr. ; andGall. — four parts of buds, twelve of lard,

one each of poppies, of belladonna, of hen-bane, and one of garden nightshade. — Fuld.— one pound of buds, two pounds and ahalf of lard, four ounces each of henbaneand of garden nightshade, and six ounces ofleeks. — Herbip. — two pounds of buds, fiveof lard, four ounces each of garden night-shade, of henbane, of poppies, of elder, andof violet, and three ounces of houseleek. —Pol. — one pound and a half of buds, sixpounds of lard, six ounces of henbane,three each, of poppies, of garden nightshade,of houseleek, of wall pepper, of lettuce, ofburdock, of violet, of naval-wort, and of topsof mountain bramble. — Van Mons. — twoparts of buds, four of lard, and one parteach, of the dried feculse of burdock, house-leek, small houseleek, henbane, lettuce,mandrake, garden nightshade, mountainbramble, and rose-wort.R. Dried Buds of Poplar, one pound.

Lard, four pounds.

Fresh Leaves of Henbane, ) of each,Belladonna, J sixounces.

Boil to the consumption of the humidity,and strain with expression. (Belg.)

Ant. directs three ounces each of the topsof mountain bramble, of rose-wort, of smallhouseleek, of houseleek, of henbane, of bella-donna, and of poppy, and six ounces of gardennightshade, tobebruised together, and put in-toa pan with four pounds of lard, and boiledslowly till the lard has acquired the colourof the plants ; then eight ounces of driedpoplar buds to be added, and left to infusefor some time ; then to be expressed, andwhen cold melted again, and the heat to becontinued to be applied till the humidity isentirely consumed, when it is to be finallystrained through a linen cloth.

It will be seen that all the processesgiven for the preparation of this ointmentmay be reduced to two ; one in employingfresh poplar buds and waiting the properseason to macerate in the lard charged withtheir resinous principle, the other plantsprescribed, as they appear ; the other,in macerating the dried buds in the lardat the same time with the fresh leaves.Both these processes have been lately mo-dified. Henri recommends the buds to bekept in melted lard till all their humidity isdissipated, the mixture to be poured into apot and covered with a stratum of lard, andafterwards to be made into an ointment inthe usual manner. Boullav requires anequal part each, of buds and of lard to beheated together to the perfect consumptionof the humidity, the mixture to be strainedand set aside ; an ointment to be then pre-pared with lard and narcotic herbs : andfinally the two ointments to be melted to-gether. Briand has proposed to reducethe narcotic herbs to pulp, to put them intoa pan and evaporate the greater part of their