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Aconitum Napellus

                                     

Aconiti folia. Aconitum Polyandi Trygi [Polyandria Trigynia]. Ranunculaceae Ju [Jussieu]

Common blue monk's-hood or Wolfs Bane 4 herba.

Acts on the [sensibility] narcotic, use in Sciatica & Venereal nodes.

Dose from gr. j to v. –

Grown with Decided success in one case by Dr. Duncan, but a relapse

not uncommonly occurs.

Hellelor[ous] Niger

Hellebori nigri radix. Helleborus niger. Polyand.

Polygin. Ranunculaceae Ju. ђ.

Use in large doses gr x to Эj; cathartic from gr ij to iij. diuretic emmenagoue allso used in

Mania & Dropsy.

Althæa officinalis

Althæa folia et radix Althæa officinalis monadelph[ous] Polyandi Naliacea Ju marsh mallow 4 herba.

Use emollient demulcent given in pulmonary intestinal & Rad Ju affections also used for clysters & gargles

                                     

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Quassia lignum

Quassia excelsa. Decand[ria] Quassia excelsa

Monogynia, Magnolia Ju Jamaica ђ

Very bitter, tonic, stomachic, given in intermittent & bilious fevers, gout, dispepsy,

dose gr v to Эss: better when given in an infusion of Эss in Ag. Fen oss – which if Эj to Э ID is to be given twice or thrice a day.

Guaiaci resina et lignum      

Guaiacum Guaiacum Officinale ђ

The wood is of a yellow resinous colour of a pleasant smell but the resin is the most useful, it is prepared by putting pieces of the wood, bored on the middle in the fire & collecting the resin as it flows out, it produces warmth in the stomach, accelerates the circulation & is diaphoretic from gr x to xxx if the patient be kept warmed bit if ex=    

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posed to the free air is diuretic!

from gr xxv to Эllj is purgative, -

much used in rheumatism & gout in the foul ulcers & thickening of the enlargements & persistence from the venereal diseases in the East it was held as specific & lastly in cutaneous diseases, it is given in this form

fx Sub. Ligri Guaiac Эllj

[4 words illeg] Эlj

Rad. [Radix] Lauri Sassafras cor[tex]

Rad. Glycia [2 words illeg] Эj

Aqua OX

Boil the Guaiacum & Resins over slow fire to OV adding the roots towards the end.

The stimulant diaphoretic

given in Venereal nodes [&c &c]

Dose oj or oij taken at separate times

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Rutæ folia Ruta graveolens. Decand Mono [Decandria Monogynia]

Rue. Rutaceæ Ju 4

Odour strong taste but acrid bitter turns antispasmodic given from gr XD to Эllj

but chiefly used as a clyster for children in convulsion, this plant [illeg] as essential oil.

[in margin:] Ruta graveolens

Bonplandiæ Trifoliatæ cortex. Pent Mon. [Pentandria Monogynia] Rutaceæ

Ju Cortex Angustura Dul Cortex Cuspaseæ

Lond. South America ђ.

Tonic stimulant given in indigestion flatulency diarrhœa & dysentery from gr V to XX or

1Э to lj in infusion or Tinctura

[in margin:] Bonplandiæ Trifoliatæ

Lini Semina Senum Usitatissimi. Pent Pen [Pentandria Pentagynia]

Linaceae Ju Linseed 4 [sketch]

The mucilage resides in the skin & is sep [separated] by infusion.

The seeds are emollient & demulcent used as a pectoral drink in arder Urinæ nephritic pains & during the exhibition of corrosive sublimate.

[in margin:] Senum Usitatissimi

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Canellæ albæ

Canella cortex Canella alba Dodecad Mon.

Malacca Ju. West Indies ђ

The bark [2 words illeg] of the Epidermis is of yellow colour like cinnamon.

Aromatic stimulant given from gr X to Эgg

[Stalaguis Gambogrades]

Stalagmites [Gambogiordes gummi resina]

Polyand. Mon guttiferæ Ju. [illeg] ђ

There is some doubt whether this is the [true] when Gamboge is procured.

[Persova Decandvillde] name the Garuna Gambogea as [3 words illeg]: it is given as a purgative, & XV gr of it together with = quart of fob is an anthelmintic.

Papaver Somniferum

Papaver Somniferum Opium Polyand. Monogynia

Papaveraceae Ju Turkey [sketch]

Stimulant in small doses in larger narcotic acting through the nerves given to alleviate produce sleep also irritation given diarrhœa dysentery also in [illeg] & all other spasmodic diseases

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Doses – Stimulant Given 1/4 to gr. ss Narcotic

effects take place when given few gr j to ID

Myrrha Myrrh an [illeg] from a [autumn] Myrrha tree – Gummi resina

Stimulant expectorant from gr X to Эj generally counter with other medium as aloes [Tinctura]

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