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Credit: Materia medica and therapeutics / by Martyn Paine. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![587, $ 891, i.)— ft. Castor Oil, Mint Water ; M.—ft. Cas- tor Oil, Calomel or Mercury with Chalk ; M. 0. Ai.oi: Socotrina. A. Spicata. A. Vulgaris. Alucs. Inspissated juice of the Leaves, and an extrac- tive called Alocsin, which is the principal constituent of ■ I loes. J [exandria, Monogynia. 11 ah. Island of Socotra, Cape of Good Hope, East Indies, Barbery.—Herbaceous. Dose, (irs. v. to grs. xv. Operates upon the whole tract of the intestines. It is a prevailing, but an important error that its action is principally upon the inferior portion of the large intes- tine. (Institutes, p. 560, § 889, i.) Exerts a powerful alterative effect upon diseased conditions of the liver. Excites the whole capillary system of blood-vessels, and the genera] organs of circulation, and is therefore un- suited to active forms of fever, and to visceral inflam- mations. Has a special and often salutary effect upon sub-acute inflammation of certain portions of the mucous tissue, as in catarrh and gonorrhoea. Hence, also, its emmenagogue action, and not, by irritation of the rectum, as has been inferred from the error which limits the local operation of aloes mostly to the inferior tract of the large intestine. Very useful in torpid states of the bowels, especially in promoting a secretion of bile. (Institutes, p. 366, § 556, b; p. 568, § 889, to.) Comb. ft. Aloes, grs. v. to grs. x. ; Calomel, grs. v. to grs. x. ; Oil of Anise, one to live drops (Extract of II \ osciamus, grs. ij.) ; M.—ft. Aloes, grs. ij. to grs. v. ; Blue Pill, grs. v. to grs. x. (Extract of Hyosciamus,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21145143_0043.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
