THORN APPLE. 314 
under which they are made, it is always prudent 
to begin with the smallest dose, and repeat it 
about three times a day, increasing each dose un- 
til the effects begin to appear in the stomach or 
head. : 
The commencing doses of the Stramonium, 
when properly prepared, are as follows. 
Of the powdered leaves 4 grain. 
powdered seeds _ 4a grain. 
inspissated juice orextract 4 grain. 
extract of the seeds from 3 to = grain. 
tincture from 415 to 20 
drops. 
BOTANICAL REFERENCES. 
Datura Stramonium, Linnzxvus Sp. pl. Fl. Suec, 185 §c.— 
Gronovius Fl. Virg. 23.—(Eper. Fi. Danica +436.—B1Lack- 
WELL t. 313.—GmMeuin Iter i. 43.—Potxicn. Palatin. 224.— 
HorrmMann Germ. 77.—Rorn Fl. Germ. i. 92 &c.—W ooDVILLE 
t. 124.—Curvis Lond. vi. t. 17.—Smirn Fl. Brit. 254.—Engl. 
Bot. t. 1288.—Pursn ‘mer. 141.—Enniorr Carol. i. 275.— 
Stramonium foliis angulosis &c. HaLLer Helv. 586. Nuci metel- 
le congener planta, Camerarius Epitome 276.—Solanum feti- 
da pomo spinoso, oblongo, &c. BauHin pin. 168.—Stramonium 
spinosum, GrRaRDE Herbal 348. 
. MEDICAL REFERENCES. 
Srorck de Stramonio &c.—LInDENSTOLPE de venenis, 531.— 
Savvaces Nosol. 2. 430.—Grepine in Ludwigs Adversaria i. 
$45.—Mourray App. Med. i. 670.—CuLLen Mat. Med. ii. 281.— 
Fowter in Med. Comment. v. 161.—OpnneExius cit. in Med. Com- 
ment y. 161,—Parun in Phil. Trans. abr. vi. 53.—Rusu in Philad. 
