272 -  $OD—SOL 
- ble in alcohol. Dose, grs. x to 3j, twice a day, or oftener, 
pro re ction Antacid, Diuretic, Antilithic. 
ae 
B Sodz Sub-carbonatis, gis. x 
. _» Infus. Quassiz, f3j 
Ses. cc Pinet. Calumbe, ... £332). 
“Make a draught, to be taken twice aday. Anti- 
lithic. 
eo Noe <3 Be Sodz ah aalibatte gr. x 
Misture Amygdal. £3j 
tS ~ Bal. Copaibz, (ope mucilag. 
ae: mist. ) fZss 
Tinct Opii, Tv 
Make a draught, to be taken when in pain. Anti- 
lithic. 
_ No, 500.—Sopaz Surrnas. L. E.D.& U.S. (Ne 
= tron Vitriolatum. P. L. 1787—Sal Cathar- 
ticus Glauberi. P. L. 1745. )—Sulphate of 
Soda, (called Glauber Salt. x. 
_ Quantities. Appearance well known; very efflorescent, in 
which state it is twice as strong as before ; consits of sul- 
phuric acid 24.64, soda 19.36, water 56 ; _water £3j at 
60° F. dissolves 5:ijss; more soluble i in boiling water—in- 
soluble in alcohol. Dose, 3j, or less; a well-known com- 
mon nauseous but efficacious purgatiy e. 
i See Formule 1, 2, of No. 367. 
No. 501.—SonAsum Duicamara. (1st species.) 
Woody Nightshade—or Bitter Sweet. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 677—figure, No. 678. © 
A pentandrous plant, indigenous; the stipites, or small twigs, : 
are officinal—bitter narcotic; contain solana—used in 
cutaneous diseases. 
No. 502,—SOLANUM NIGRUM. Black Nightshade. 
- . Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 679—figure, No. 680. 
The leaves and berries. Narcotic—contain solana. 
No. a TO Solanine. 
he alkaline proximate principle of the two precedi Nos. 
_ discovered by M. Destosses, of Besangon ; ines tm the 
leaves of No. 501, but not in those of No. 502; nk eee 
abundantly in the berries of No. 502, 
