and proportions. They are the lightest-and most volatile of all 
fluids, and are highly inflammable; 
eir medicin the ethers resemble alcohol, but they 
less pel : ir action. ertuent « aed aid 
ether tat obtained by the action of sulphuric acid 
on.alcohol, isp used. As a medicine taken internally, it 
used in cases of rheumatism, gout, and whooping coughs with suc- 
cess. Ina paroxysm of suffocating asthma, and all those diseases 
where. the or of respiration are effected, half a tea spoonful of 
ether, ina table spoonful of water, quickly swallowed and occasion- 
ally repeated, has often produced instant relief. It isgiven asa cor 
dial in nausea, and in febrile diseases of the typhoid type; as an 
antispasmodic in hysteria, and in other painful and spasmodic dis- 
eases ; as_astimulus in sleepy and.apoplectic affections : and to mi- 
‘tigate'the unpleasant sensation of sea sickness. Generally, practi- 
. tioners seldom give so much as half an ounce, much more frequent- 
ly-only a few drops for a dose; but others, more bold, have some 
‘mes Yentured upon much larger quantities, with incredible benefit. 
- When applied externally it is capable of producing two very op- 
posite effects, according to its management; for if it be prevented 
from evaporating by covering the place to which it is applied by 
closely applying the hand, it proves a powerful stimulant and rube- 
facient, and excites a sensation of burning heat. In this way, it is 
frequently used for removing pains in the head ; and it is said that, 
applied to the affected jaw, and repeated till the pain cease, itisa 
never failing remedy for the toothach. But if it be dropped omany _ 
part of the body, exposed freely to the contact of the air, itsrapid 
evaporation produces an intense degree of cold: in this way it has. 
frequently facilitated the reduction of strangulated hernia. 
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~The horns of the common male red deer have long been consider- 
ed as an article of materia medica. The scrapings or raspings of 
these horns are medicinal, and employed in decoctions, ptisans, or 
. cooling drinks. Hartshorn jelly is remarkably nourishing and.some- 
_ times given as an agreeable demulcent in cases of diarrhea. ‘The 
_ coal of hartshorn which is prepared by exposing it to a strong and 
long continued fire, changes it to a very white earth, called calcined. 
hartshorn. It is employed as an absorbent, and likewise in dysen- 
_ teries, which are supposed to arise from acrid and ill-digested mat- 
ter. These animal horns are to be considered of the same nature 
as bones ; and their products by heat are those of animal substances 
in general. They were formerly so much employed for the prepa- 
ration of the volatile alkali (ammonia) that it was commonly called 
hartshorn. =" a 
Pes 
e sweet fragrant vegetable juice, collected by bees: ‘om. the 3 ee 
___ of various plants, and deposited in the cells of the comb, ” > honey. 
