1 6 
.^ 
■^ 
The doTe of Scammony is generally from three to twelve grains 
ft is commonly triturated with fugar, almonds, &c. or with a decoo 
of Wirtemberg 
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-A 
Tj 
,i 
the 
g 
tion of liquorice, as recommended 
In the London Pharmacopoeia it is ordered in the following com 
pounds : — Pulvis e fcammonio 
pofit 
I- 
compofitus cum 
Pulvis e fcammonio cum 
e fenna compofitus. Extradtum 
in the Pilul;^ ex colocynthide cum 
e fcammonio 
Pulvis 
And 
ynthidis compofitum. 
of the Edinburgh Pharm 
ACONITUM NAPELLUS 
COxMMON WOLF's-BANE, or 
monk's hood. 
! 
^STNONTMA. A 
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P bar 771, Lond. ^ Ed'in. Stoerck tab. 3 
AcoNiTUM ca^ruleum feu Napellus, ^^/<fZ'. ////. 183. A 
caule fimpl 
denfa 
mucronata, Hal. Stirp. Ht 
V 
aconitum 
Napellus. 
, petiol 
. No. I 
Gerard. 
flo 
caffid 
p 
brev 
97 
vires autem. No 
AcoNiTUM, Spec, I, R 
Matth. C 
Dodon. hfc 
X 
ft -- 
€Iafs Polyandria. Order Trig}" 
L. Gef2. Plant. 68 
EJf. Gen. Char Cal. o. Petala 5 : fupremo fornicato. NeBarla 
2, pedunculata, recurva. SiUqucs, 2>^' 5- 
^^ 
>, 
r 
Sp. Ch. A. foliorum laciniis linearibus fuperne latioribus linea exaratls. 
V 
THE root is perennial, turnip-fhaped, or more commonly 
fufiform ; the flalk is fimple, ere6:, ftrong, befet wath many leaves, 
d grows from two to five feet high : the leaves are lobed, deeply 
, laciniated, 
2 
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