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larger doses, is purgative and emmenagogue. Its 

 habitual use irritates the kidney, and produces a 

 train of disagreeable gastric and abdominal symp- 

 toms. 



Aloes is usually combined with other substances 

 designed to modify its action, as its separate ex- 

 hibition causes griping. Do not give to pregnant 

 or nursing women. 



Aloes effectively evacuates the lower bowel; but 

 it is irritating in the case of hemorrhoids. Aloes 

 and aloin enter into a host of formulae. It is ef- 

 fective, but is less used than formerly. It has been 

 commended in a number of diseases in which other 

 drugs are preferable; so they need not be discussed 

 here. In my view, the long-continued administra- 

 tion of aloes or aloin is not justified. 



AMYGDALA 



ALMOND, Amygdala Amara (bitter almond), A. 



.S.P. (sweet almond). BITTER ALMOND 

 WATER, used in sedative expectorant mixtures in 

 one-drachm doses, and SP. AMYGDALAE AMA- 

 RAE, used as a flavor in small quantities and in 5- to 

 10-minim doses when minute doses of hydrocyanic 

 acid are desired. AMYGDALUS PERSICA, the leaves, 

 bark of twigs, and kernels of the peach tree. A fl., 

 in drop doses, used as a sedative in gastric irrita- 

 bility. LAUROCERASUS, or CHERRY-LAUREL WATER, 

 3- to 20-minim doses, on cracked ice, is another 

 hydrocyanic acid-bearing gastric sedative of espe- 

 cially pleasing flavor. 



OLEUM AMYGDALAE EXPRESSUM (U. S. 

 P.) is the fixed oil expressed from bitter or sweet 



