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doses of 3j to 5?s of the powder twice or tlirice a day, it is goodin colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, and dyspepsia, and in the aphthaeof infants. In intermittents it is a good adjuvant to the bark. Itloses its aroma by decoction.Enters into Ext. Cascarillae. D. Infus. Cascarillse. L. Tinct. Casca-rillsE. L. D.

Caseic Acid. This was procured by M. Proust from old cheese, butM. Bracconot does not think it is a peculiar acid.

Caseous Oxide. The name given by Proust to aposepedine.

Caseum. The caseous matter of cheese. (Bracconot.)

Cassije BaccjB et Cobtex. See Laubi Cass. Cobt.

Cassi/E Pulpa. L. E. D. P. Pulp of the fruit of Cassia Jistula, whichis brought from India and Egypt, is o£ a slightly heavy smell, andof an acidulous, sweetish, mucilaginous taste. Good Cassia pulp isblack, bright, shining, and not nauseous, sour, nor harsh, and thepods rather small, smooth, heavy, and not rattling with seeds.Medicinally it is gently purgative in drachm doses, and cathartic indoses of 5y or jiij. It is best combined with manna, senna, aroma-tics, &c, as it is apt to gripe and occasion nausea.Enters into Confect. Cassiae. L. E. D. Confect. Senna?. L. E. Pulp.Cass. Fistularis Express. E. L.

Cassis; Senn.® Folia. See Senna.

Cassia Oil is the common oil of cinnamon from cassia bark, ibj of whichyields about ^jss of the oil. It is also procured from cassia buds,and is stimulant and stomachic.

Castobeum. L. E. D. P. Castor, a substance found in bags under therectum of the beaver, Castor Ji'ber, of an odoriferous aromatic smell,and a nauseous, bitter, and rather acrid taste.Contains a volatile oil, and a peculiar resin, besides carbonate of lime,

potass, ammonia, and iron.Adulterated with dried blood and gum ammoniac, but may alwaysbe known by its reddish-brown colour and strong odour in genuinespecimens.Medicinally it antispasmodic, emmenagogue, and aphrodisiac ; and isgiven in hysteria, epilepsy, the spasms of pregnancy and parturition,and in typhus fever. The dose is from gr. x to gr. xx in form ofbolus, and ^j to ftj of the vehicle in enemata.Enters into Tinct. Castorei. L. E. D.

Cataplasjiata. Cataplasms, or poultices, a form of external appli-cations to ease pain, clean sores, and promote suppuration or reso-lution of inflamed parts. There is a great farrago of medicatedpoultices used in practice, which are quite unnecessary.

Cataplasma Aluminis. D. Alum Poultice, is made by beating up \]