A conspectus of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin colleges ... being a practical compendium of materia medican and pharmacy / [Anthony Todd Thomson].

  • Anthony Todd Thomson
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1816
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    and cucurbitina s‘but perhaps moré is to be'attributed to the active purgatives with which it is generally followed. A much more active remedy has lately been suggested. Vide Ol. Terebinthine. — Dose. 3ij. to’ Siij. of the solid part of the root powdered taken in the morning, and soon after it a strong cathartic of gamboge or jalap, worked off with green tea. This was Madame Nouffer’s celebrated remedy. ENICULI SEMINA. L. Anethum F eniculum, Radix — Semen, E. Foeniculum Dulce ; Semina, D. Sweet Fennel Seed. (For class and order vide Anethi Semina. ) ‘op. Odour aromatig ; taste warm, sweetish ; fruit ovate. — Oper. Carminative, diuretic. — Use. In flatulencies, — Dose. 3j. to 3j. bruised. ICUS. L. Quercus Marina; Herba Fructibus Preesentibus, D. Bladder Fucus. (Fucus Vesiculosus, Cryptogamia Alge, N. O. Alge. British Shores.) er. Vide Pulvis Quercus Marine, D. \LBANI GUMMI-RESINA. L. D. Bubon Galbanum ; Gummi Resina, E. Galbanum Gum-Resin. (Bubon Gal- sanum, Pentandria Digyn. N. O. Umobellate. Cape of 300d Hope. hh.) mp. Resin, gummy extractive, essential oj], — Prop, Jdour feetid ; taste bitter, acrid ; the agglutinated tears of t white colour, in a ground of reddish brown ; forms. an mmulsion when triturated with water; ‘soluble in progf pirit, wine and vinegar. Sp. grav. 1.212.— Oper. Inter- ally antispasmodic, deobstruent, expectorant ; externally esolvent, discutient. — Use. In hysteria, particularly that ‘hich attends irregular and deficient menstruation ; chlo- osis ; externally to indolent tumors.— Dose. Gr. x. to 3]. i pills, or emulsion. — Of. Prep. Pilule Galbani Comp. L. itule Myrrhe. Comp. D. Pilule Assefetide Comp, E, we