DAP—DAP 
= No. 219,—Dapune Mezerrum. Common Meze- 
Cl. 8. Ord. 1. Octandria Monogynia. Nat. ord. Vepreculz, 
i cortex. Lond. Daphnes Mezerei cortex. 
. Dub. The bark of the root. 
a, Jeff. Coll. No. 254—figure of the plant, . 
smal | shrub, native of Britain and the north of Evrope— 
cultivated in our gardens, where it stands the winter— 
flowers in March and April, before the leaves appear. 
Qvaririzs. The fresh liber, or inner bark of every part of 
Rae t, acrid, inflammatory, and vesicating, applied to 
— ope ah chewed, produces heat of the nant and fau- 
_ ces, which continues for hours. The fruit (red berries) 
crid, and a corrosive poison if eaten: Yields its virtues 
to water and vinegar, Contains Daphnia. 
Meprcat. Prorerties ann Uses. Stimulating and powerful 
_ diaphoretic, increasing arterial action; apt to disorder the 
ptime vie, and occasion vomiting and purging. Used in 
combination with sdrsaparilla, and other articles, in stimu- 
lating diet drinks, and all anti-syphilitic syrups and robs. 
Has been used by the French surgeons, to make and kéep 
open issues. Chewing frequently pieces of the root, has 
. cuted difficult deglutition depending on paralysis. The 
woody fibre is nearly inert. Internally, a decoction has 
been used for chronic rheumatism, scrofulous swellings, 
lepra, and generally all obstinate cutaneous diseases. 
Dose, in substance, gr. i to grs. x, 
The Daphne laureoia is very generally sold for Mezereum, 
Orric. Prer. Decoctum Daphnes Mezereiv Edin. Decoctum 
Sarsaparille comp. L, & U.S. : ‘ 
. 
lo, 220.—Darunra. Daphnine. _ 
This is a principle sui generis, obtained by Vauquelin from 
No, 219. He digested the bark in alcohol; then evaporat- 
._ ed the liquid, to separate the resin; diluted the residual 
~ fluid with water; filtered, and added acetate of lead, by 
__which he obtained a copious red precipitate : he separated 
‘the lead from this, by sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and ob- 
de 
tained Daphnia.—(See Annales de Chem, Ixxxiv. 3 174.) 
nal econo- 
"The medical application, and effects on the & i 
YY, of ia, would be ibject 
po gee u a novel and good subje oe 3 
thesis. 
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