SOD-—SOD ort 
India. According to the Abbe Rochm, in his voyage to 
Madagascar, t Dainese often eat this substance instead of | 
s rice; and he says, that it contributes to make them lusty. 
Lately, much neglected by European practitioners; ac- 
cording to Aitkin, it contains about one-half the weight of 
the root, in bland nutritive matter. Ac i to Dr. 
» Flemming’s experience in Bengal, either as an auxiliary to 
mercury, or for improving the general health, after its use, 
it is equal to Sarsaparilla. 2 drachms, given twice daily, 
in decoction of the same root, in cases requiring antiscor- 
butics and diaphoretics, The Smilax pseudo China, call- 
ed by the Hindoos, Muhaisa; and by the Chinese, Cum- 
Kong-Cunn; is used by the latter, in place of the true China — 
root. There are 10 other species medicinal, but not much 
known or used. Brown, in his History of Jamaica, says, it 
grows in the cool inland parts of the island, having a crook- 
ed root, thick as the arm, and climbing to the top of the 
tallest trees—esteemed much there, and said not to be in- 
*__ ferior to that of East India. It yields a gum in Jamaica, 
called /zititi, which the natives chew, to fasten the teeth. 
No. 497.—Sop# murias. Common Salt. 
Much commended, in checking hzmoptisis and for worms, 
by Rush—he recommended a table-spoonful, to be dis- 
solved in the mouth during an attack of bleeding, in the 
first affection—and for the other, 
Formula RK Sodz Muriatis, Zit 
Coccinelle, ij : 
Make a powder—half a dr. the dose.—Rush. 
No. 498.Sop# suB-Boras. L. D. & U.S. Boras 
Sode. E. Borax—or Sub-borate of Soda. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. he ee 
ly, in powder mixed wi 
ee ry ane a linctus with 8 or 10 parts of 
honey; for aphthe, very efficacious. 
Orric. Pree. Mel Boracis, L. 
No. 499.—Sop# sus-carsonas. L. E. D.& uJ. 5, 
Sub-carbonate of Soda. ‘i 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 676.2: 
In octohedral prisms, truncated at the summits of the pyra- 
mids ; eMntentek in thie air; garni sapiens d 
fusion, i ail ae ions 
carb, acid 20.7; soluble in 2 parts water, at 60° F.; insolu-- 
