MATERIA MED 1C A. 95 



TURNERACE^. 



Turnera d ffusa, Willd., and its variety, aphro- 

 disiaca, DAM I AN A, is recommended as a tonic for 

 dyspepsia. It contains gum, tannin, resins, and a 

 volatile oil.* 



PAPAYACE/E. 



Carica Papaya, L., the Papaw, a fruit believed to 

 be of American origin, has most interesting properties, 

 which, since about 1878, have been utilized in medi- 

 cine. It contains an essential principle, ( Papaine/ 

 analogous to the animal ferment trypsine, which gives 

 it a rapid solvent action, that has suggested its suc- 

 cessful use in dyspepsia, diphtheria, etc.f 



UMBELLIFER^:. 



Hydrocotyle asiatica, L. In the Pharmacopoeia of 

 India, and admitted to have some alterative tonic 

 properties ; is suggested for use in scrofula. J 



CEnanthe crocata, L., is said to be a specific in 

 epilepsy. 



Conium tnaculatum, L., the HEMLOCK, a British 

 plant, contains in its leaves, and more especially in its 

 fruits, the alkaloid Conia, C 8 H 15 N, a poison which is 

 employed as a sedative arid antispasmodic with other 

 allied substances. The fruits were only introduced 

 into our Pharmacopoeia in 1864.!! 



* ' Pharm. Journ.,' vi (1875-6), pp. 24, 423, 581. 



t Ibid., ix (1878), p. 449 ; S. P. Oliver, ibid., x (1879), P- 68. 

 A. Wurtz and Bouchut, ibid., p. 283 ; T.Peckolt, ibid., pp. 343.383. 



% Christy, ' New Commercial Plants,' No. 10, p. 97 ; Bentley 

 and Trimen, ii, pi. 117. 



Bentley and Trimen, ii, pi. 124 ; Christy, op. tit., p. 41. 



j| Bentley and Trimen, ii, 118. 



