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mouth. I did this occasionally myself with success. It is, 

 according to my own experiments, more adhesive than all the 

 gums produced in India, and is therefore well "suited for the 

 formation of all kinds of lozenges. It is an ingredient in 

 numerous prescriptions described in Persian, Arabic and 

 Hindustani medical works. 



Although a powerful astringent, Catechu is not half as 

 useful in diarrhoea and dysentery when administered alone, 

 as it is when used in combination with some other astringent 

 and aromatic drugs, as is the case with all its preparations 

 described in the Pharmacopoeia of India. The compound- 

 powder of Catechu is, therefore, very useful in the above- 

 named diseases ; in fact, it is one of the preparations most 

 frequently used by me in the Triplicane Dispensary, parti- 

 cularly in the treatment of children. The Tincture of this 

 drug is a very valuable adjunct to Mistura Cretas, as men- 

 tioned in the Pharmacopoeia of India and other medical works ; 

 but to ensure its best effects, it should always be mixed in each 

 dose of the mixture just before it is administered to the patient. 

 From some cause or other its action is not so satisfactory when it 

 is mixed with Mistura Cretse and kept for use for a day or two. 



According to my own experience, Catechu is, in the form of 

 injection, one of the most useful drugs in the treatment of 

 gonorrhoea. As simple as the following formula is, it has 

 proved successful in many cases, and sometimes even without 

 the assistance of internal remedies : — 

 • R. Pulveris Catechu 3iss. 

 Mucil. Acacise 3vi. 

 Aqum puras ad. giss. Misce fiat injectio. 



A third part to be injected three times in the 24 hours. To 

 ensure the desired effect, some care is necessary in injecting 

 the medicine. Having filled a glass syringe with the injection, 

 the patient should introduce its bulbous extremity into the 

 urethra to the extent of an inch with his right hand. Then holding 

 upright the penis with his left forefinger and thumb, so as to 

 compress the urethra against the syringe to prevent the escape 

 of the fluid, he should pass the liquid freely into that canal by 



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