596 ORD. XXXVII. Dumose. RHAMNUS CATHARTICUS. 
juice; or half an ounce of the rob or. extract, obtained. by inspis- 
sating the juice.”* The juice made into a syrup is the officinal 
preparation, and in this state it has been generally preferred by 
physicians, who found that in doses of one ounce to two it proved 
a very powerful purgative, and was therefore much employed 
as a hydragogue.* Few patients however are able to bear a fre- 
quent repetition of this medicine; and even Sydenham, who was 
partial to the purgative treatment of hydropical diseases, found 
that other cathartics more effectually answered this purpose: at 
present it is rarely prescribed except in conjunction with other 
medicines of this class. 
The inner bark, like that of Elder, is said to be a strong cathartic, 
and to excite vomiting.©  ~ 
© Lewis, M. M. p. 612. 
€ Riverius, Prax. lib. it. cap. 6. p. 44.—Boerhaave, De virib. med. p. 308.— 
Chomel, Usued/. tom. z. p. 19.—Sydenham, Opera, p. 488. 
© Allioni, FV. Pedemont, t. ii. p. 130. 
a 
SAMBUCUS NIGRA. COMMON BLACK ELDER. 
SYNONYMA. Sambucus. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb. Sambucus 
fructuin umbella nigro. Bauh, Pin. p-456. Sambucus vulgaris. 
Park. Theat. p- 407. J. Bauh. vol. i. p. 544. Rati Hist. p. 
1609. Synop. p. 461. Gerard. Emac. p. 1422. Iludson Flor. 
Ang. p. 180. Flor. Dan. 545. Withering. Bot. Arrang. p. 320. 
Duhamel, t. 65. Sambucus arborea, floribus umbellatis. Had. 
Stirp. Helv. n. 670. | 
Varietates sunt, , 
& Sambucus fructu in umbella viridi. C. Bauh. 
y Sambucus laciniato folio. C. Bauh. 
Class Pentandria. Ord. Trigynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 372. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor, 5-fida. Bacca 3-sperma, 
