56 PASSIFTOREZ. 
in old standing cases of chronic eczema, more especially of the — 
palms of the hands, and where other remedies failed grea 
benefit has attended its application in the following way :—1 
grains of papain, and 5 grains of powdered borax, in 2 drachn 
of distilled water, to be painted on the parts twice daily. 
In the Therapeutic Gazette (1886), Dr. A. Jacobi records 
successful results in several cases in which papain was appl 
topically to diphtheritic membranes. In these cases a mixture 
of one part of papain and two parts each of glycerine and wate 
were applied with a brush; within twelve hours the memb 
began to slough off, and was freely expectorated. Sim 
results were obtained in England a few years before this, but 
want of uniformity and hence uncertainty to a certain exter 
prevented the remedy coming into general use. 
Dr. George Herschell (Brit. Med. Journ., 1886, p. 6 
- records the treatment of the chronic stomach catarrh of c 
dren with powders composed of Papain-Finkler, gr. 4 to 
Sacch. lactis, gr. i; Sodii Bicarb., gr. v-,to be taken after ev 
meal. This relieves the aggravating symptoms of dyspepsi 
such as loss of appetite and sleep, irritability, headache, an 
sometimes a cough, which so much affect children. Dr, F 
dyspepsia of adults, when heartburn and flatulence are the chie 
indications of impaired digestion, he finds papain valuable ii 
conjunction with carbolic acid and an alkali, as in the follo 
ing draught:—Sodii Bicarb. gr. xy., Glycer. acid, carbolic. 
m. vili.; Spt. Ammon. Arom., m. xx., Aque ad Ziss. sis 
to be taken an hour after food along with 2 grains of Pa: 
Finkler. (Chem. and Druggist, 1886.) 
3 
Description.—The tree is from 20 to 80 feet h 
without branches when young, but old trees often produce 
number of separate heads. The leaves are alternate, pe ee 
7-partite; segments oblong, acute, sinuated, the ; iddle 
fid; corolla tubular in the male and d-lobed in the — 
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