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286, VIS—ULM 
of the preceding. It is probilllle that the emetic viola, 
_ which forms a part of ipecacuanha, contains it. Orfila 
says itis highly poisonous. This is a good subject for a 
“thesis. We have numerous indigenous species, which I 
__ haye always thought, from their sensible properties, and 
_\» © from the family to which they belong, active plants. The 
viola pedata—one of these, is officinal in the Pharm. U. 8. 
No, 539.—Viscum. Misletoe. = ~ 
A c plant—interesting from its Druidical history—good 
~ for nothing in medicine. ' ‘ 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No, 730. — 
No, 540.—V INUM VINIFERA. Common Vine. 
s Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. figure, No. 731. - 
The raisins, called uve passe, are officinal, and used in phar- 
macy; in making some preparations—every body knows 
what the fresh fruit produces. The officinal wine is the 
sherry, or Vinum album Hispanum. Edin. Used in mak- 
ing officinal wines. 
U. 
No, 541.—Umus rutva. Slippery elm. 
Cl. 5. Ord. 2. Pentandria Digynia. Nat. ord. Scabridx, Linn. 
, Juss. 
Cabinet > ese Jeff, Col. No. 732, and No. 733—figure, 
No. 734, : ee. 
Orricinat, Liber—the inner bark. Phar. U. S. 
The elm bark is made up of mucilage, and in infusion, which 
is aromatic, constitutes a more agreeable lubricating pti- 
san, than any article 1 know. I have used it a great deal 
in dysentery—it is nutritious. ‘The powder, moistened 
with water, is an excellent application to excoriated nip- 
__ ples; and it never causes the babe to reject the breast. 
Yields Ulmia. 
Decoctum Ulmi comp. 
Formula. RB Decoctiulmi, — Oviij ’ 
Ligni Sassafras, et 
Guaiaci, 44 3 j 
Corticis Mezerei, 31) | 
Radicis Glycyrrh, 3) . 
Boil for half an hour, and decant. Dose, half a 
int, or a pint, daily. Henry Jeffreys. Recom- 
ended in syphilitic eruptions, and rheumatic 
pains, connected with that taint. T. T.H. (MS.) . 
= A spontaneous exudation, from the preceding and other elm 
trees. Berzelius hints, that it probably is a component of 
