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» quarum preecipua est, quod flores diademati Imperiali 
| absimiles, rigidis inhereant spinis. Insuper succus ex 
s radice expressus, et exhibitus vermes necat, nec non 
osos ac pituitosos humores per alyum expurgat, et aquas 
dropicorum ducit.’’ 
Mr. Moodin Sheriff has drawn attention to the emetic pro- 
erties of the bark in the Pharmacopeia of India. He 
ays:— It has proved itself an efficient and safe emetic in 
oses of fifty grains; in smaller doses it is nauseant and febri- 
ige. ‘The bark is very bitter, and its repute in skin diseases 
not without foundation. If it is continued for a sufficient 
ed, except dysentery. As a diaphoretic and antipyretic it 
s been found useful in relieving pyrexia. Doseasa nauseant, 
liuretic and febrifuge, 6 to 10 grains of the root bark ; as 
n alterative, 2 to 5 grains; it is given in leprosy and syphilis ; 
2 natives consider it to be alexiteric, especially in cases of 
from rabid animals,” 
- 8. Arjun (Bomb. Drugs, p. 70,) states that the leaves 
used as a poultice to relieve rheumatic pains. 
The reports of several medical officers are quoted by 
Watt in his Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, 
t none of them, except Mr. Moodin Sheriff, appear to speak 
rom personal experience. 
escription.—Root heavy, wood close-grained, yellow, 
g an oily appearance; it and the bark turn of a dirty- 
en colour on being touched with a solution of perchloride 
m. The bark is of a cinnamon-brown colour, the 
i ce separating in thin corky flakes, which are 
