Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.

  • General Medical Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    (six to twelve millimetres) in diameter, of a dull brown colour, marked with transverse ridges, and thickly studded with circular prominent tubercles, to a few of which thick rootlets still remain attached. The crown is marked by a number of bracts ; the lower end is blunt. The Ehizome is very hard and tough; the fractured surface is gi'eenish-brown in colour. It has the odour characteristic of Valerian Ehizome. India. Easteen Colonies. VIBURNUM. Black Haw. The dried bark of Viburnum prunifolium, Linn. [Watson, Dendr. Brit, plate 23 ]. Characters.—In thin pieces or narrow quills. The quills are glossy, purplish-brown in colour, with a few scattered warts and minute black dots. The thin, slightly curved, pieces from old wood are covered with a greyish or reddish-brown periderm which is frequently scaly and readily removed, dis- playing the reddish-brown or yellowish-red subjacent tissues. The inner surface has a pale reddish-yellow colour and is longitudinally striate. The bark has a short fracture, a faint odour, and a somewhat bitter taste. India. Easteen Colonies. NoethAmeeican Colonies.