This section is from the book "The London Dispensatory", by Anthony Todd Thomson. Also available from Amazon: PDR: Physicians Desk Reference.
1 The quantity annually imported into the United Kingdom is about 800 tons.
2 The flavour and diuretic properties of Hollands depend on this oil. English gin is flavoured by oil of turpentine.
Cl. 24. Ord. 5. Cryptogamia Algae. Nat. ord. Lichenaceae. Generic Char. Male. Scattered warts. -------------------Female. Smooth shields or tubercles, in which the seeds are embedded. Species 1. C. Islandica l, Iceland or Eringo-leaved Liverwort.
Eng. Bot. 1330. Flor. Danica, 155. Regnault, Observations on Pulmonary Consumption. Woodvilles Med. Bot. 3d edit.
p. 803. t. 271. Species 2. C. Bocetla. Dyer's Lichen, or Orchall. Eng. Bot. 211.
Vide Ornus Europoea.
Mezereon-bark. Vide Daphne.
Spec. Plant. Willd. iv. 869. Cl. 22. Ord. 13. Dioecia Monadelphia. Nat. ord. Myristaeeae. G. 1851. Male. Calyx bell-shaped, trifid. Corolla none. Filament columnar. Anthers six or ten united.
------------Female. Calyx bell shaped, trifid, deciduous. Corolla none. Style none. Stigma two. Drupe, a nut involved in an arillus (Mace), with one seed.1
Species 1. M. moschata. The Nutmeg-tree. Med. Bot. 2d edit. 698. t. 238. Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. ii. lib. 11. c. 5. t. 4.
Officinal. Myristica - Myristica oleum, Lond. Myristicae
Vide Balsamodendron.
Vide Strychnos.
See Papaver.
Bones. Edin. Dub
Syn. Des Os (F.), Knocken (G.), Ossi (I.), Huesos (S.).
The bones of animals are composed of earthy salts, gelatine, albumen, and oil. According to the analysis of Fourcroy and Vauquelin, the components of ox bones are, in 100 parts, 51 of animal matter, 37.7 of phosphate of lime, 10 of carbonate of lime, and 1.3 of phosphate of magnesia. Besides these, M. Hatchett detected sulphate of lime, and Berzelius some fluate of lime, in bones.
See Phasianus.
Vide Bitumen.
Vide Myrtus.
Officinal. a. Terebinthina vulgaris, Lond.Edin. Dub.
Vide Pinus Abies.
Vide Pinus syhestris.
Vide Pinus syhestris.
Vide Allium Porrum.
Vide Mentha Pulegium.
Vide Cinchona.
Vide Helonias officinalis.1 SABINAe FOLIA. Vide Juniperus.
Spec. Plant. Willd. i. 1494.
Cl. 5. Ord. 3. Pentandria Trigynia. Nat. ord. Caprifoliaceae.
G. 569. Calyx five-parted. Corolla five-cleft. Berry three-seeded.
Species 3. S. nigra.3 Common Elder. Med. Sot. 3d edit. 596. Smith, Flora Brit. 336. Eng. Bot. 476.
Officinal. Sambuci flores et oleum, Lond. Sambuci nigrae
Edin. SAMBUCUS; CORTEX INTERIOR,
Vide Smilax. SASSAFRAS LIGNUM et RADIX. Vide Laurus. SCAMMONIAe GUMMI RESINA. Vide Convolvulus.
Vide Polygala.
Vide Cassia,
Vide Aristolochia.
Vide Ovis.
Spec. Plant. Willd. 1962.
Cl. 19, Ord. 2. Syngenesia Superflua. Nat. ord. Compositae.
G. 1483. Receptacle naked. Pappus simple. Calyx scales equal, as long as the disc, submembranaceous. Corolla female. Florets ligulate, toothless.
Species 12. T. Farfara.1 Common Coltsfoot. Med. Pot. 3d edit. 45. t.18. Smith, Flora Brit. 878. Eng. Pot. t. 429.
Officinal. Tussilago, Pond. Tussilaginis farfarae folia
 
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