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and savages alike, as a violent purgative, and in the 

 practice of early physicians of the United States it was 

 used for bilious fevers. Peter Smith (605), author of 

 the "Indian Doctor's Dispensatory," 1813, states that 

 his father used "Culver's Root" to cure the pleurisy, 

 which it did "with amazing speed." The use of lep- 

 tandra was confined to domestic medication until the 

 appearance of the American Dispensatory, (356), 1852, 

 which gave it a general introduction to the profession 

 of medicine. Professor W. Byrd Powell, a Cincinnati 

 physician of exceptional education, valued leptandra 

 very highly, and it was upon his strong commendation 

 to Professor John King (356), editor of the American 

 Dispensatory, that it was given a position in that 

 publication. The name Leptandra is based on its for- 

 merly recognized botanical name of Leptandra virginica. 



LIMONIS, CORTEX ET SUCCUS 



(Lemon, Peel and Juice) 



Official, from 1820, through all editions. In 1840 we find the 

 distinction first made between Lemon Peel and Lemon Juice. 

 Lemon Peel, alone, is official in 1910. 



The lemon tree, Citrus Limonum, is a native of the 

 forests of Northern India, and occurs elsewhere through 

 the adjacent countries. It has been known from the 

 beginning of written history in its native land, but its 

 mention in Sanskrit literature occurs in more modem 

 times, rather than in antiquity. The Arabian writers 

 gave it the name limun, from the Hindu word limbu, or 

 limn. (See extract from article of Dr. Rice, following). 

 The lemon was unknown to the early inhabitants of 

 Greece and Rome, but it was mentioned in the 3d and 

 4th centuries A. D., in the Book of Nabathcean Agri- 



