MIS—MOM 
"he and ‘has been chewed with advantage in palsy of the 
>» tongue; and that ina few grains, internally taken, it is 4 
+ drastic cathartic. a 
_ No. 384.—Mistura, of the Colleges. Mixtures. — 
- "Phe officinal are—1. Mistura Ammoniaci. 2. M. Amy ala 
- rum. 3. M. Assafetide. 4. M. Camphorx. 5. M. Corny 
" usti. 6. M. Crete. 7. M. Ferri comp. 8. M. Moschic 
The dose of all, £3] to £3ij, twice or thrice a day. 
. No. 385.—Moemorvica Exarertum. Squirting 
3 ~ Cucumber— Wild Cucumber, (fructus) the 
ig concrete juice of the fruit. 
~ Ch. Monoecia. Ord. Monodelphia. Nat. fam. Cucurbitacex, 
Juss 
aS ms—Cucumis A } , 
* SR! ot p Seeman ays — : 
a - Supposed the *Exatuy of Dioscorides..  _ * 
Native of the south of Europe, flowering in June and July. 
“— Jntroduced into England by Gerard, in 1596, and there 
* guitivated for medical use. Pea 
The fruit, for medical use, should be gathered in Septem- 
ber, just before it is ripe. The clear juice which runs 
from ityand that which is obtained by expression, form, 
the first the white, and the latter the black. Elaterium of 
the shops. SS a ; 
Be 
Quvatitizs. The juice is almost imodorous, and possesses a 
ss a slight bitter taste. It deposits, afterrest, a considerable - 
_~. portion of a peculiar feculent matter, combined with some 
‘very active principle, to which Paris has affixed the name 
Elatine. Xt is contained in the juice which surréunds the 
seeds alone, and subsides from this juice, without pressure 
having been used to obtain it. Clutterbuck only obtained 
_ 6 grains from 40 cucumbers. Paris found that 10 grains 
_of the best Elaterium of the shops, contain only one grain 
of Elatine. On this peculiar principle, therefore, the ac- 
tivity of the medicine depends; and it has been incorrect- 
~ Ty called an extract, which it is not. 
~Menteax Prorentrzs awn Usss. Elaterium is a powerful 
“hydragogue, exciting sickness, severe vomiting, and by- 
_ per-catharsis, if incautiously administered; seldom used 
_ &sa mere cathartic ; has often produced entire evacuation 
_ Of the water im ascites, when gamboge, crystals of tartar, 
‘powdered digitalis, &c. have failed. Should be given in” 
_ divided doses, of one-eighth of a grain each, every fourth 
- hour, until it begins to operate. Simon Pauli, Sydenham, 
and Lister, recommend it in 
