18*9.] Scientific hife'/i<rcnce. 385 



X. Juice of Carrots as a Remedy in Cancer. 



I know not whether it be proper to mention an application irt 

 cases of cancer which Bouillon Lag-range has brought into notice, 

 and which he assures us he has often employed frith the happiest, 

 effects. The remedy is the juice of carrots applied externally, 

 together with internal medicines suited to the circumstances of 

 ■the patient. It is possible that carrot juice, or rather carrot 

 poultice, applied in cases of cancer, may have the effect of alle- 

 viating the pain, which may render it of some value to medical 

 practitioners; but to trust to such applications in cases of cance- 

 rous mammae, as M. Bouillon Lagrange seems to advise, is a. 

 practice tha,t we trust no surgeon in this country will venture 

 upon. The following application, which the same practitioner 

 recommends under the name of anticancerow topic, isiittle else 

 than a modification of an old method often employed in this- 

 country and in Germany; but 1 never heard of any case where 

 the application was attended with the cure of the disease. 



£. Simple plaster, ^iv. 



Melt it by a gentle heat in a stone-ware vessel, then add of 



\ ellow wax y. 



White soap ^?s 



Turpentine jiy 



Melt this mixture, take it from the fire, and then add of 



Leaves of hemlock powder ^ij 



Pounded sulphuret ofpo&sti . . 3$ 

 Pounded camphor *{v 



Mix exactly.— (See Journ.de Pharm. 1819, June, p. 255.) 



XI. Analysis of Galbaniim. 



M. Meisner has obtained the following constituents from a. 

 set of experiments to determine, the composition of mlhanum i 



Resin. . ^ ;i29 



C ; um : 113 



Cerasm 9 



Malic acid 1 



Volatile oil 17 



Vegetable debris 14 



Loss 17 



oUU 



(Troramsdorf's Journal der. Pharmacic, as quoted in Journal do 

 i'Lannacie, 1819, Juillet, p. 308.) 

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