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• of Wars, the same author says that there is a black kind, which 

 comes froni Ethiopia, and is called * HabsM/ and a dull-red 

 kind which is called Indian, and is the worst (as a dye); he 

 concludes by saying the seeds of the Wui'S are like Mash 

 {Phaseolus radiatiis). There is no mention of its use as an 

 anthelmintic ; it is described as an aphrodisiac, lithontriptic, 

 and remedy for ringworm, pityriasis and freckles. Sprengel 

 thought that the source of Wan was Memecylon Unctorium. 

 (Confer. Eist MecL, t II., p. 444, ed. tert.; also Hist, rei 

 Herb., t I., p. 258.) 



Rheede first figured and described the plant ; he states that 

 the leaves, fruit and root with honey are applied to poisoned 

 bites, bruises, &c, Buchanan (Journey through Mysore in 1801) 

 notices Kamala ; it has also been noticed by Ainslie^ Roxburgh, 

 and Royle, but Mackinnon of Bengal, in 1858, was the first to 

 introduce it into European practice in India ; since then it has 

 been used with success by many medical men in India and 

 Europe. Previous to this, Yaughan had sent Kamala to Hanbury 

 from Aden under the name of WarSj and had described its use 

 us a dye, and as a remedy in certain skin diseases. {Pharm. 

 Joum., Vol. xii., p. 386, 1853.) The true Arabian Wars does 

 not appear to have attracted attention in Europe until 1867, 

 when it was imported by Messrs. AUen and Hanburys of 

 London. The source of Wars remained unknown until 1884, 

 when it was ascertained to be the glands oi the -pod ot Flemmgi^ 

 Grahamiana, a leguminous plant common in Arabia and 

 India. {See Flemingia.) 



As noticed in the Pharmacographia, the names Kanbll 

 and Kamula are not in use in the bazars at Aden ; the 

 Indian Kamdla being now commonly know^n there as Wars. 



The dose of Kamala is from one to two drachms, or one to 

 thru^ lluid drachms of a saturated tincture may be employed ; 

 it docs not cause much nausea, coHc, or purging. The parasite 

 is generally discharged dead, and it appears to bo equally 

 cfTicucxous in removing all kinds of worms. The dose should 

 be repeated several times at intervals of about three hours. 



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