A Medico- Botanical Catalogue of Plant* , 4" 1"' 



Crof'iLrus crus-gaUL- Mer. *.V DeL. Diet, de Mat Mod., t. 

 II., 46a 



f 't/ri//>i racemiflora**— Ell. B>>t.. I., 295. Used as a styptic, 

 and applied to uta re, where the indication is t.» cicatrize them. 

 curbita lagvnariOi (Gourd, Calabash.)— Ed. & Vav, Mat. 

 Med., 563; La Mat. Med., I., :i79 : Mer. & Del* Diet, de Mat. 

 Med., t. II.. 192. Ao infusion in intlannnation of the urinary 

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( >upr\ satis disti/c/m. (( lypress. Shec. Fl. ( 'ami., 181. 



Cuteuta americanOy (Love vine.) Mer. d DeL. Diet de Mat 

 Med., t. II., o-JT, in op. eit.; Flore Med. des Antilles, II., 334; 

 Shoe. PI. Carol., 485. Imparts a yellow dye to cloths. Said to 

 be laxative and hydragogue. 



1 hitura slrumtmium, (Jamestown weed, Thorn apple.)— Trous. 

 et Pid. Traite de Therap. el de Mat. Med., t. I., '£.]()■ Jour. Univ. 

 des & M d., L, 46, 227 : Orfila Traite de Toxicol.; Ell. Bot., 

 276 ; Dray. S. C., 63; Edirib. .Med. and Surg. Journ.. VII. and 

 VII L an. 1812; Trans. Med. Chimr. Soc. Edinb., I., 2S5 ; Ar- 

 chives generates tie M« d. cine, t. l 1,373; Med. Chi. Trans. Lon- 

 don, YIL aim. L806; Bell's Pract. Diet.. 434; Kb. Mat Med., 

 11,80; Ed. A: Vav. Mat. Med., 438; Pe. Mat. Med., II., 309 ; 

 Pr. Bleraa., 460; l. S. Dis., 68S; Watson's Prat. Physic, 197: 

 DeCand. Phys. Veg., I.. 354 ; Bayle. Bibl. Therap., t. II. ; Big'. 

 Am. Med Bot., I., 17: Woodv. Med. Bot.,197, 74; Traite de 

 Chimie., VI.. 319 : Paris Pharm. ; Barton's Bseay, Form. Mat. 

 New Eng. Med. and Surg. Journ.. IV., 226; Med. 

 Chirurg. Trans.. VII.. 2; Ball. & Gar., 346 ; Cull. Mat. .Med., 

 II . 281 : Bergii Mat. Med., I., 122 ; Mer. & DeL. Diet, de Mat. 

 Med., t. II.. 593; Bull, des Sc. Med. Eerusac, XI.. 197 ; Luden- 

 stolpe "De Veneris," 531, in Op. cit. ; Sauvage's Nosol., II., 430 ; 

 Grading in Ludwig's "Adversaria," I., 315: Murray App. Med., 

 I.. 670; Fowler in Med. Com., V., 161 ; Adhelius cit. in Med. 

 Com. Phil Trans. Abr., VI., 53; Hush in Phil. Trans., I., 3S4 ; 

 Schoepf. Mat. Med., 24 ; Wedinburg in Vied. Comment , III., 18; 

 I) verlys Hist. Virg.. L21 : Med. and Phys. Jour., \ \ \ . \\\ I 



>per in Caldwell's Theses, vol. I; cit in Big. Am. Med. Bot.; 

 Shec. Fl. Carol., 497; New-York Med. llepos., U.,27; Eind. 

 L, 294, • Ised in ^>ilepsy, and mania without f< vit." 

 Lind. Inc. cit. - A well known narcotic and antispasmodic, em- 

 ployed in asthma, mania, epilepsy, chorea, tetanus, and palsy. 

 Eherle states that the results of his trials with it in rheumatism 



re exceedingly flattering. lb' us< d it in cases of sciatica with 

 entire success ; al>< ►, not without benefit in dysmenorrhoeo. An 

 ointment made of the leaves affords relief when applied lo pain- 

 ful and irritable ulcers and hemorrhoidal tumours. 



Daucus carota.~-Woodv. Med. Bot. Etoyle. If. Med., 101, 

 116. \n;i. septic and diuretic, applied in the form of a ca- 



