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_-unaffected. The descending galvanic current produces slight , 
- contractions, but only when the current is closed. These con- 
_ tractions are weaker on the right side than on the left, and 
_ weaker in the flexors than in the extensors; with the ascending _ 
current no contractions are obtamed, whether the current 
a is open or closed. Examined under the microscope the © 
. affected muscles showed a diminution in the number of trans- 
verse stria, and little globules of: oil were observed. The 
a post-mortem examinations failed to show any lesion of the 
_ Spinal cord. 
 Teramnus labialis.—Spreng., Wight, Ic. t. 168. This 
wild pulse is called in Sanskrit Masha-parni, “having leaves like. 
Mésha” (Phaseolus Roxburghit), -Haya-puchchha “ horse’s 
tail,” and Svayambhu, “self-existing.” It is described in the - 
Nighantas as cooling, pungent, dry, strengthening, sweet, 
tringent, digestive and febrifuge. In the vernaculars it bears 
the following names :—MAshparni (Hind.), Mashaéni (Beng.), 
: Adavi-vuddulu (Tel.), K4ttu-alandu (Zam.), _, Kéda-uddhu 
~ (Can.), Réa-udid (Mar.). Like Masha it is much used in 
medicine both internally and externally in paralysis, rheumatism 
_ and affections of the nervous system. (See Masha.) — 
GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA, Linn. 
a 4 Fig.—Bentl. and Trims t. 7h. Liquorice (Eng.), Réglisse 
SAF r.). : 
Hab.—Europe, Northern Asia. The root and extract. 
 Vernacular.—Jethi-madh, Mulatthi, Mithi-lakri (Hind.), 
Jethi-madh (Guz.), Jeshti-madh (Mar.), Ati-maduram (Tum.), 
*Yashti-madhukam (Zel.), Yashti-madhuka (Can.), Jaishto- 
modhu (Beng.). 
History, Uses, &c.—Liquorice grows wild in Arabia, 
ersia, Turkistan and Afghanistan, and has been introduced | 
into the Punjab and Sind. Kinneir observed it growing abun- | 
dantly near Basra, and Aitchison found it growing abundantly = 
