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No. 150.—Casroreum. Castor, a su secreted 
by Castor Fiber, the beaver, a5: near 
the rectum. ie : 
Two kinds in the shops—Canaudian Castor and Russian 
‘astor. 
Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 154 and 155. _ oe ee 
Quatrttes. Strong, heavy, aromatic odour; taste bitter, 
sub-acrid, nauseous; colour reddish-brown. 
Mepicat Properties axnp Uszs. Antispasmodic—given in 
such cases as admit antispasmodics. May be given in 
ironing >i, — ely 
Dose, of powder, grs. x to given asa s—in 
ters, 3j. Is very expensive, and rarely ordered. 
Counterfeited by stuffing a mixture of dried blood and 
ammoniacum, and a little real Castor, into the scrotum of 
a goat. Russian Castor is the best. 
No. 151.—Catecnut. The product of Acacia Cate- 
chu, which see. 
No. 152.—Causric, Lunar. The nitrate of Silver; 
an escharotic and antispasmodic tonic. See 
Argentum. 
CAUSTIC, Common—caustic potash, See Potass. More 
powerfully escharotic than Lunar Caustic. 
No. 153.—CrLanpine. See Chelidonium afl. 
No. 154.—Cenravris CAcumina. ED: The 
flowering tops of the common 
See Chironia Centaurium. 3 
No. 155 —Crnravry, American. See ‘Sabbatia an- 
gularis, and other species under that No. 
No. 156.—Crnrauria BenepictTa. Blessed thistle, 
Orrictnar. Centaurex benedicte herba. Edin. Cas -~ 
dictus, Dub. The herbaceous part, or the leaves, 
rosie pag 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 156—figure of the plant, 
No. 157. 
Emetie, diaphoretic, or tonic, according to the form and 
strength of the preparation used. Not now used, but in 
domestic practice, where its blessed name secures its foot- 
ing—not equal to our Boneset, and yery like it in its vari- - 
ous effects. 
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