Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

  • Holmes E. M. (Edward Morell), 1843-1930.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    122. Rttamnus Frangula, L. {Black Alder, Alder Bucldhorn.) a. Bark. Note.—IUs bark has been lately brought forward in this country as an exceUent purgative, free from the griping properties of Buckthorn berries. It contains a little prussio acid. The berries of E. Frangula differ from those of E. catharticus in having only three seeds, and the leaves are entire and feather-veined, not serrulate as in E. catharticus. See P J [1] vol. ii., p. 721, for form for decoction; [1], vol. ix., p. 537, • for analysis; [3], vol. ii., p. 152; [3], vol. iv., p. 889. For micr. section, see Berg, Anat. Atlas, taf. 40. For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 65. See also P. J. [3], vol. vii., p. 102. 123. Ehamnus infectorius, L. a. Fruit. {Qraines d'Avignon, French Berries.) Note.—These berries are used as weU as those of E. amygdalinus, to dye morocco leather yellow. 124. ZlZTPHUS JUJUBA, L. a. Fruit. {Jujube Fruit.) I. Twig, with the fruit on it, preserved wet. Brought from Nimes by Mr. D. Hanburj. 125. ZlZTPHUS ORTACANTHA, D. G. a. Fruit. ANACARDIAOBJE. 126. Anacardium occidentale, L. {Cashew Nut Tree.) a. Fruit. {Gasheiv Nuts.) See for fig. Guib. Hist, des Drag., vol. iii., p. 490. h. Peduncle and fruit, preserved wet. c. Gum. {Gadjii Gum.) Note.—The bark and pericarp of the fruit contain an acrid vesicant Hquid which forms a durable marking ink. See P. J. [1], vol. v., pp. 268- 272. The gum possesses the same properties as gum arable; but is also sHghtly astringent.—Bentier/, Man. Bot., p. 491. Treas. Bot., p. 57. 127. Irvingia Bartbri, Eooh. f. a. Dika bread. h. Fat obtained from ditto. Note —The Dika bread is used as food in the Gaboon, on the West Coast of Africa. It contains about 68 per cent, of a soUd fat. This plant is placed in the Simarubaceae by Bentley. See Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 474. See also Journ. de Pharm., 1857, p. 275. P. J. [2], vol. iii., p. 445. Linn. Trans., vol. xxiii., p. 167. 128. PiSTACiA Lentiscus, L. a. Resin. {Mastich.) b. Do. inferior. See P. J. [2], vol. ii., p. 282. Note —Mastic resembles in appearance Olibanum and Sandarac; from Olibanum it is distinguished by its different odour and glassy fracture, and from Sandarac by its tears not being cylindrical.