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tion from Alexandria, in Egypt. There are several vari- 

 eties of gum. 



Gum Senegal. — This is similar to the above. 



Gum Tragacanth. — This is another variety of gum. 



Use. — The gums are demulcents, emolient and sooth- 

 ing to an inflamed part, as the bowels in diarrhoea, the 

 kidneys and bladder, when diseased and irritated. 



Doses. — For horses and cattle, from one to two ounces. 

 For calves and sheep, four drachms. Gum should be 

 given, dissolved in warm water, and drench out of a bot- 

 tle or ox horn. 



Hartshorn. — This is an impure solution of ammonia. 



(See Ammonia.) 



Hellebore. — RelUhrosus Niger. 



Use. — Recommended in poll evil, by inserting a piece 

 of the root in the fistulous opening. No dependence 

 should be placed in it. Better agents are at hand. 



Hemlock. — Conium Maculatum. — Formerly recom- 

 mended in inflammation. It is of benefit in the form of 

 a poultice to cancerous sores. 



Hemp, Indian. — Cannabis Indica. — The colleges or- 

 der a tincture and an extract. In the east of Europe, 

 the resin of the plant is known as cJiurrus, and its pre- 

 parations are known as gunjoli, bang and haeliish. The 

 accounts which have reached us, I say reached us, for 

 no such action can be produced upon man from any pre- 

 paration of the hemp in use in America, as is represented 

 to be produced amongst the subjects of His Majesty, the 

 Sultan of Turkey. The genuine preparations of Indian 

 Hemp produce in man great excitement and high spirits, 

 great laughter, talkativeness, and pleasing thoughts, and 

 a great appetite for food and sexual excitement, followed 





