MEL 213 



The introduction of matico must, however, be con- 

 sidered as empirical, through the infusion of the leaves 

 used by the aforenamed soldier. 



METRIC ARIA ; German Chamomile) 



Introduced in 1840, but in this and the following edition it 

 occupied a place in the Secondary List. It was promoted to the 

 Primary List in 1860, and is official through 1910. 



Matricaria Chamomilla, German chamomile, is the 

 cultivated form of Chrysanthemum Parthenium, culti- 

 vated for domestic use, in which it is distinguished from 

 the Anthemis nobilis, or Roman chamomile. It has 

 been so long in domestic use as to have made it familiar 

 to all German housewives, and considerable demand 

 has been created for it in sections of America where 

 Germans have settled. It is a home remedy of an- 

 tiquity. Fliickiger and Hanbury, (240), give careful 

 studies of chamomile and its botanical equivalents, 

 which need not be reproduced. 1 Recently, (1917), the 

 flowers of the common "dog fennel" have appeared 

 under the name "German Chamomile." 



MEL (Honey) 



Official in each edition of the Pharmacopeia, from 1820 to 1910. 



Honey is a saccharine substance collected chiefly by 

 the honey bee, Apis mellifera, from the nectariferous 

 glands of flowers and deposited in the comb by the in- 

 sect when it reaches its hive. It is familiar to all civil- 

 ized peoples, as well as to the natives of many sections 

 of the world. In some parts of the tropics wild honey 

 is an article of importance. Crude honey-comb was 

 observed by us as one of the articles of export from 



1 A study of botanical equivalents of all plants yielding pharmacopeia! drugs, by such an 

 authority as Professor Henry W. Rusby, is of exceeding, importance. A study of drugs 

 needs this more than I can say. J. U, L. 



