170 NAT. ORDER. — .SCABRID^. 



" To separate the sand from the lupuhn — put it into water, shak«5 

 it for a few minutes, decant that which is held in solution by the 

 water, and a dark colored sand is deposited : repeat the process 

 several times, and spread the lupulin which is insoluble in water, on 

 bibulous paper ; let it drain and then dry it in the air, neither ex- 

 posed to the sun, nor to a temperature above 76° Fahrenheit. It 

 should be prepared yearly, and this cleansing process must be quickly 

 conducted, or it will undergo a change." 



Medical Properties mid Uses. — Hops are narcotic, tonic, and 

 diuretic. We are told by Dr. Maton, that, besides allaying pain 3.nd 

 producing sleep, the preparations of hops reduce the frequency of 

 the pulse, and increase its firmness in a very decided manner. One 

 drachm of the tincture, and four grains of the extract, given once in 

 six hours, reduced the pulsation from ninety-six to sixty in twenty- 

 four hours. He found the extract very efficacious in allaying the 

 pain in articular rheumatism, in which disease we have frequently 

 administered both the tincture and the extract with much benefit to 

 the patient. As a narcotic it is very inferior to opium ; but under 

 certain circumstances, where opium disagrees, (which is not unfre- 

 quently the case,) it will generally procure undisturbed and refresh- 

 ing sleep. Dr. Ives observes, " with regard to the medicinal efficacy 

 of hops, every accurate observer must acknowledge, that they pos- 

 sess httle merit if administered according to the directions given in 

 our pharmacopoeias. The quantity of proof spirit which enters into 

 the tincture would produce stimulating effects, independent of any 

 properties which it imbibes from the hops ; and although its action 

 may be modified by their combined agency, so as, in some measure, 

 to increase the cordial and invigorating influence of the alcohol, it is 

 difficult to conceive, that the tonic or narcotic virtues of the hop 

 should be sufficiently concentrated to produce much remedial be- 

 nefit. It is otherwise with the pharmaceutical preparations of the 

 lupidin which we have been accustomed to prescribe. 



From extensive observation and experience, I am confirmed in 

 my opinion, that diseases which are the consequence of exhausted 



