PUNICA GRANATUM. 
the virtues of both, and the solution strikes a deep bluish- 
black with sulphate of iron. According to Reuss (Handb. d. 
Chim.), 216 parts yield 60 of tannin, 74 of mucus, 2 of resin, 
22 of oxidized tannin, and 45 of extractive. 
The red succulent pulp, which is not officinal, is pleasantly 
acid, resembling that of the orange; it is cooling, very re- 
freshing, useful for quenching thirst, and gently aperient. It 
_ contains much mucilage, united to a little tannin. It was 
formerly made into wine by the ancients; in the East it is 
much used for making sherbets, and is highly esteemed. 
Both the rind of the fruit and the bark of the root are as- 
_ tringent. They are given in the form of decoction in chronic 
_ and colliquative diarrhoea, and the protracted stage of dysen- 
tery. They are supposed to prove beneficial also in checking 
the violent sweating which accompanies hectic fever; but the 
chief use of the decoction is as an injection in leucorrheea, or a 
gargle in sore throats after the local inflammation is moderated. 
The bark of the root has long been used by the natives of 
Hindostan, and, according to M. Deslandz, by the negroes of 
St. Domingo, as a specific in cases of tapeworm. In conse- 
quence of the recommendations of Drs. Fleming, Buchanan, 
and Ainslie, it was extensively experimented with in Europe, 
and with almost universal success. Its utility for this pur- 
pose has been fully confirmed by the experiments of Mr. Bre- 
ton, Dr. Gomes of Lisbon, and Dr. Wolff of Bonn. The 
mode of administration is in decoction made with two ounces 
of the freshly dried bark to two pints of water, boiled down 
_ to a pint, of which a wineglassful is to be taken every half- 
hour till the whole is consumed. The action of the remedy 
is generally accompanied with nausea, and sometimes vomit- 
ing, purging, and even vertigo and syncope. ‘The worm, 
however, is generally voided alive, a few minutes after the 
last dose. Celsus says it was used by the ancients for a sim- 
ilar purpose. M. Bourgeoise, who gave it in a great number 
of cases, advises that, before commencing with its administra- 
__ tion, the patient be kept on a strict and spare diet for some 
_ days, and the evening before the medicine is taken to have 
his bowels well opened by means of a full dose of castor oil. 
If the remedy should not succeed upon the first trial, it 
should be repeated every day for three or four days, until the 
_ worm is discharged. ‘Tenia is comparatively rare in this 
_ country, and the pomegranate root has been little used, pos- 
_ sibly because the oil of turpentine in large doses has been 
_ found perfectly effectual. 3 raid 3 
_ The bark and flowers are sometimes given in the form of 
_ powder, in doses of a scruple increased toa drachm. A de-— 
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