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OXALIS ACETOsrLLA. ORD, XXXII. Gruinales, 563 
scruples to two drams: the powder is generally given from 6 grains 
to 20, or even more, for a dose, either by itself, or in a fluid form, 
by means of mucilage or the yolk of egg. The Decoctum lig- 
norum, (Pharm. Ed.) of which Guaiacum is the chief ingredient; 
is commonly taken in the:quantity of a pintia day. 
may open the belly once next day, which will happen to different persons from. 
doses containing 15 to 30 grains of the Guaiacum.” M. M. 199. Berger's 
formula is the following:  G, guaiaci 3fs G. arabici 3ij. Bene trita solv. in 
aque hyssopi vel alius distill 3ix. Add. sacchari 3{s m. d. s. solutio, cujus duo 
cochlearia majora mane & vesperi capiantur, superbibito libra una decocti hordei _ 
velavenz. Vet, Acad. Handl. vol. 1. p. 74, . Theden recommends the Guaiacum 
made into pills with soap of almonds, w hich j is still more convenient (neue Bemer/>. 
u Ersahr, a. d. Wundarzneyk. und Arz._P. 2. 204.) 
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OXALIS ACETOSELLA, WOOD-SORREL, ° 
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SYNONYMA. Lujula. Pharm. Lond. Ovxalis Acetosella, scapis 
unifloris, fol. ternatis: foliolis obcordatis pilosis.. Thunb. Diss. 
de Oxal.n. 5. Curtis Flor. Lona. Withering ’s Bot. Arrang. p. 
470. Relhan’s Flor. Cant: oy: 176. _ Oxys vane? ‘unifloro, foliis. 
ternatis, radice squamoso-articulata, — | Hal. Stirp. Helo. n. 928. 
Oxys sive ‘Trifolium acidum, flore albo & purpurascente. 7. 
-Bauh. Yl. Bo a “Trifolium acetosut a vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 330, 
Parkinson & Theat. 746. ‘Oxys A ba. Gerard. Herb. 1201, 
Raii Synop. p. 281. W ood-Sorrel. Hist, Plant. 1098. Aceto- 
sella, et Alleluja, Quorundam.. \ y A 
Class. Decandria. Ord. Pentagynia. Ae Gen. Plant. 582. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cul. 5- phyllus. Petala vngubus connexa, Caps, 
_ 5-gona. 
angulis dehis 
Sp. Ch. oO. scapo unifloro, foliis ternatis obcordatis, radice dentata, 
LL. Syst. ed. 13. 
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