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PÚNICA GRANATUM.— POMEGRANATE TREE.

PUMEX, LAPIS PUMICIS.—PUMICE STONE,

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Synonimes :— Ponce, Pierre Ponce, Fr. ;Bimstein, Bimsenstein, Germ. ; Piedrapómez, Span. ; Puimsteen, Dut. ; Pie-tra pomice, Ital. ; Zazel kamienna, Pol.

Bruns. ; Hisp. ; Gall. ; Hann. ; Wir-tem. ; Herbip. ; Spielmann.

A volcanic stone, of a whitish-grey oryellowish colour, very porous, light, tena-ceous, fragile, fibrous, shining or even silkyin the course of its fibres, presenting agrained and unequal fracture ; it is dry to

the touch, lighter than water, and fusibleinto a white glass.It enters into several dentifrice powders.

(Bruns. ;

white dentifrice powder.Spielmann)

R.

Pumice Stone, two ounces.

Cuttle Fish Bone, one ounce.

Supertartrate of Potass, \ of each,Root of Iris, J halfanounce.

Oil of Cloves, four drops.

Make a very fine powder.

PÚNICA GRANATUM, Linn.— POMEGRANATE TREE.

Synonimes :— Grenadier, Balaustier, Fr. ;Granatbaum, Germ. ; Ranua, Roman,Arab. ; Pomapran, Granatowe gablto,Bohem; Delunghedie, Cyng. ; Anar,Hind.; and Pers. ; Balaustries, Span.;Rodia, Mod. Gr. ; Granatboom, Dut. ;Granato, Ital. ; Gangsalan, J av. ; Da-limb, Mah. ; Dalema, Daime, Mal. ;Drzewo granatowe, Pol. ; Romeira,Port. ; Granatoschnoe derewo, Russ. ;Dadima, Sans. ; Darim, Swed. ; Magi-lam palam, Tam. ; Dadimapundu. Tel. ;Nar, Tur.

Lond. ; Dubl. ; Amer. ; Amst. ; Ant. ;Batav.; Belg.; Bruns.; Dan.; Hisp.;Gall.; Ferr.; Form. Hop. Fr.; Fuld.;Genev. ; Hann. ; Hass. ; Lipp. ; Ol-den. ; Pol. ; Borus. ; Sax. ; Wirtem. ;Herbip. ; Ainslie; Bergius; Brug-natelli ; Coxe ; Guibourt; Magen-die ; Paris; Spielmann; Zarda.

A tree of the south of Europe. (Icosan-dria Monogynia, Linn. ; Myrtes, Juss. ;Fig. Zorn, Ic.pl. t. 270)

The bark of the root, the flowers, andthe fruit are employed.

The bark of the root is yellowish-greyexternally, and greyish-yellow or slightlyreddish internally, inodorous, and of afeebly styptic and bitterish taste. Its pow-der is greenish-yellow. It has been repre-sented as an infallible remedy for the ex-pulsion of taenia.

The flowers {Balaustia, Flores Balau-stiorum) are hemispherical, of a fine redcolour, nearly inodorous, and a slightlystyptic taste. They are astringent, but lessso than the rind of the fruit.

The fruit, called Pomegranates (Mala

Púnica) , are round berries, terminated bythe sepals of the calyx and divided by a trans-verse partition into two multilocular cells,filled with angular seeds surrounded bv apulpy arillns. The exterior pellicle (Ma-lacorium, Malicorium) is greyish-yellow orreddish, thick, hard, and coriaceous.

It has an astringent taste. It has beenemployed in every case in which an astrin-gent is indicated.

It is incompatible with the salts of iron.Rehmann has recommended the rind ofthe fruit in intermittent fevers, from six totwelve doses of from two to six scrupleseach, to be taken during the apyrexia.

ASTRINGENT SPECIES.

Species Decocti pro Gargarismate adstrin-gente seu adstring entes pro Gargarismate.(Gall. ; Form. Hop. Fr. ; Hann. ; Pa-lat. ; Niemann; Piderit)

R. Root of Bistort ;

Pomegranate Flowers,Hollyhock Flowers,Cut, and mix. (Hann.)R. Herb of Plaintain, 1

---------- Selfheal, J

Sage,

of each,

two ounces.

of each,four ounces,two ounces.

of each,one ounce.

Flowers of Red Roses,

-----------— Ligustrum,

------------- Pomegranate,

Cut, and mix. (Palat. ; Wirtem.)

Bruns, gives the same formula but with-out the ligustrum.R. Root of Bistort,

Herb of Agrimony, of each,

---------- Periwinkle, )- two

Flowers of Hollyhock, ounces.

------------- Pomegranate, J