WAKE ROBIN. 2Q3 



accompanied with fever. For constipation due to 

 inactivity of liver it may be given with every con- 

 fidence, especially as its action is mild and non-irritant. 

 The concentration "Euonymin" is generally given in 

 pill form and in combination with other tonics, 

 laxatives, &c. 



Preparations Fluid extract : Dose, -1 drachm. 

 Powdered root : Dose, -1 drachm. Euonymin: Dose, 

 1-4 grains. Powdered extract U.S. P. : Dose, 2 grains. 

 Powdered extract B.P. : Dose, 2 grains. 



Distinctive character The rootbark occurs in 

 quilled or curved pieces about A inch thick, ash grey, 

 with blackish ridges or patches, outer surface whitish 

 or slightly tawny. Fracture friable, smooth, whitish, 

 the inner layer appearing tangentially striated. Taste, 

 sweetish, bitter, and acrid. Nearly inodorous. The 

 stembark is in longer quills, with a smooth outer sur- 

 face with lichens usually present on it, and a greenish 

 layer under the epidermis. 



WAKE ROBIN. Arum trlphyllum, Linn. 



N.O. Avacea. 



Syn. Wild Turnip, Indian Turnip, Dragon Root, 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum, Schott. 



Part used Root. 



Action Expectorant, diaphoretic. Recommended in 

 croup, whooping cough, cough, bronchitis, laryngitis, 

 pains in chest, &c. Also useful in flatulence, asthma, 

 and colic. 



Preparation Powdered root : Dose, 10-30 grains. 



Distinctive character About 1-2 inches broad, 

 depressed globular, with a ring of simple rootlets above, 

 the surface wrinkled below, brown-grey, internally 

 white and mealy, with scattered wood-bundles. In 

 slices 1-2 inches in diameter and J inch thick, brownish 

 white at the margins, the transverse surfaces white, 



