4124 BUPHORBIA COROLLATA. 
in the place of the Ipecacuanha of the shops ; 
and thinks it in no respect inferior to this article. 
Combined with opium and the Sulph. potasse 
in the proportions of the Pulv. doveri, he has 
found it to be a valuable diaphoretic. The con- 
tused root, in its recent state, will excite inflam- 
mation and yesication, when applied to any part 
of the body ; whick generally goes off in the course 
of four or five days whithout being attended with 
any inconvenience whatever. He was led to 
give it a number of trials in this way from the 
circumstance of his face becoming considerably 
inflamed after having handled large quantities of 
the root. Asan expectorant, this plant, he says, 
is deserving of the attention of practitioners. 
Dr. Z. has furnished me with minutes of 
seventeen cases, in which he administered the 
powdered root of this plant in doses of from ten 
to twenty grains. In all of these it operated by 
vomiting, with the exception of two cases, where 
it produced nausea, followed by catharsis. Hay- 
ing tried a yariety of preparations, he states, that 
the extract may be given in doses of from five to 
eight grains ; the wine prepared in the same way 
‘as Vinum ipecacuanhe, in dose of an ounce or 
an ounce and an half. Of the root in powder 
from fifteen to twenty grains was found a proper 
