IPE—IPE 
a on. with emetic effect to an adie anda larger does #0 
; produces prompt, full, and energetic emesis—dis- 
- Borging the entire contents of the stomach. Best emetic 
mechanical extraneous bodies swallowed Seeideinanye 
as pieces of money, &c. 2 
When given to produce diaphoresis, in dysentery, it is com- 
bined with opium and vitriolated tartar in form of powder, 
called Dover’s Powder—dose, 10 grains. Is used in vinous: 
_ tineture, to vomit children, and added to pectoral mix- 
= stitutes, in this form, part. of Barton’s Cough — 
_ mixture, now improperly made, and called Brown or Pa- 
-fregoric mixture. Dose, of Wine of speaks an 
_ adult, 3j—for children, 3j to 5ii—is a good and easy 
vomit, in catarrhal oppression. 
_ In very small doses, Ipecacuanha i in substance isa . stimulat- 
_ ing stomachic, increasing the energy of the digestive or- 
- gans—and hence has been much used in dyspepsia. In 
nauseating doses, has been used in uterine and pulmonic 
_ Asa sega _ used in inflammatory rheu- 
osynerasy, are affected — 
the odour of the 
‘powder: cats are said to be affected in the s same. way, on 
smelling it. The infusion of nut-galls, given after or with _ 
Tpecacuanha, renders it inert. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No, 378—figure of the plants 
No. 379. 
Cl. Pentandria. Ord. Montene Nat. fam. of Juss. Rubi- 
a acex#. 
Root perennial, simple, somewhat branched, with few radi 
tes from 3 to 4 inches long, 2 or 3 lines thick, somewhat | 
pal rn pentorted, eg ety with prominent and un-— 
> 
» Opposite, spreading, ents, ‘scute, 
: ot nes ings iy sealing, eee 
and veined, beneath. 
