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No, : SECALE CEREALE. The Rye. 
. Nat. . fam. Cerealiz. noes 
Contains sugar, as is by the quantity of whiskey 
eared poe it. “It velba «oy weight in muci 3 Is 
Does not show any milkiness 
in ga eres with’ it 3, hence Dr. Cullen says, its oil 
is le io combination... Is more readily acescent 
all cerealia, therefore, it is likely, there is not a 
due | of oi}, It is decidedly laxative as bread; 
rye ft or hasty-pudding is a good laxative, and is nou- 
- ishing. Soonle cornutum, or Ergot, is produced from it. 
- SECALE CORNUTUM. Ergot—Spurred Rye. 
__ Cabinet specimens, Jeff. Coll. Nos. 654, 655, 656. 
_ A parasitic fungus, infesting the glumes of some of the 
: pag icularly the preceding ; ‘slate-coloured exter- 
low-white within; variable in size and form, but 
equently resembling the cock’s spur, whence one of its 
“names. Taste at first, not decided ; subsequently, disa- 
* 
res nauseating, and sub-acrid. Yields its active pro- 
3 _ perties to water and alcohol. 
a ‘iabhas Prorentizs ann Uses. Long known as an active 
substance; but first peepee by Dr. Stearns, as a remedy 
_  t0 overcome the difficulties of perverse parturition. It has 
= has en sec wg and as strenuously recommended; 
4 <i ct se Rider ge I have, I confess, 
e use of in parturition, 
I believe sieanaealinsiae be properly 
* + treated by it; I Me ag have little reluctance to yield my 
_._- @pinion on this ‘subject, to that of our two eminent, skil- 
ful, and experienced accoucheurs, Dr. James, and Dr. 
Dewees; they are both of 
istered without 
No. i, Oxeux. Senega Oil, 
aN specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 657. 
_ Abituminous natural production, collected from the Seneca 
ea ao vam as a = stimulant embrocation for 
