TRANSACTIONS 



OP TUB 



MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY 



OF 



LONDON. 



I. General Proceedings of the Society, from 

 October 12, 1827, to January 16, 1829. 



October the 12th, 1827. The Director delivered his annual 

 Oration, which was ordered to be printed, together with a let- 

 ter to him from Sir Anthony Carlisle. 



November the 9th. A letter was read from Edward Huggins, 

 Jun. Esq. of Nevis, dated the 25th June, 1827, respecting the 

 ned of Argemone Mexicana, known there by name of the 

 Thistle seed. The author states, " that the oil from this seed has 

 for agea past been used by the native nurses in particular cases. 

 The oil has been extracted in the usual way, by boiling the seed 

 after being ground, as is the case with castor oil. Since tho 

 castor oil has become so common, it has often occurred to me, 

 that this oil in. iv be need with equal safety and greater efficaoy; 

 ami 1 bare fully .satisfied my mind, that if not equal to that 

 rcnedy, it is a very raluabla addition to the Pharnnonpoia 



I have consequently sent B sufficiency to allow a fair trial, by 



obtaining the oil <- < .1*1 drawn, as from this prooooij iii preference 



to the oil being obtained by boiling, it may be divested of its 



impurities, and abort all, a nanaeoui taste, sometimes attendant 

 ■poo its In in- improperly DMnufaetured." 

 I), ..mi,,, tkt \\ih. The Director exhibited some milk of 



the ('..«, tn-i- ( ' I'alu di \ a. a, i '. \ I \< 1 n i i s in:ns ii tit- 1, 1 1 umb. 

 and iJ-uipl), und also an Umbel of Biunsvicia /■>, ,r,u in, 



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