The British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Acts XXI & XXII Victoria, cap. XC, 1858 and XXV and XXVI Victoria, cap. XCI, 1862.

Date:
1898-
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Credit: The British pharmacopoeia / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, pursuant to the Acts XXI & XXII Victoria, cap. XC, 1858 and XXV and XXVI Victoria, cap. XCI, 1862. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dose.—3 to 4 ounces, bruised with a little water or milk to a creamy consistence. Melon Pumpkin Seeds must not be more than one month old. Mediterranean Colonies. DATURA FOLIA. Datura Leaves. The dried leaves of Datura fastuosa, Linn., var. alba, Nees [Wight, Icones, plate 1396], and of Datura Metel, Linn. [Bot. Mag. plate 1440]. Characters.—The Leaves are ovate, acuminate, with long petioles and sinuate-dentate margins ; often unequal at the base. The larger are seven or eight inches (seventeen or twenty centimetres) in length, and four or five inches (ten or twelve and a half centimetres) in breadth. They have a characteristic odour and a bitter taste. India. Eastern Colonies. West Indian Colonies. DATURA SEMINA. Datura Seeds. The dried seeds of Datura fastuosa, Linn., var. alba, Nees [Wight, Icones, plate 1396]. Characters.—The Seeds are somewhat wedge-shaped, with rounded, thickened, furrowed, wavy margins, strongly compressed laterally; from one-sixth of an inch to one-fifth of an inch (four to five millimetres) broad, and about one- twenty-fifth of an inch (one millimetre) thick. The hilum is situated on one edge and extends from about the middle to the acute end of the seed. The testa is finely pitted and reticulated, and is of a dull yellowish-brown colour; it is comparatively thick, and encloses a narrow translucent endosperm which surrounds a curved embryo. Datura Seeds are without odour; they have a somewhat bitter taste.
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