A Medico-Botanical Catalogue of Plants, <fy*c. 



taplasm to ill conditioned ulcers, and in anasarcous swellings of 

 lower extremities, in suppression of urine and painful micturi- 

 tion. See also Eberle on "Diseases of Children," p. 110. 



Daucus pwsi7ft/s.-- Bell's Pract. Diet., 162 ; Eb. Mat. Med. & 

 Therap. II., 3 IS. Seeds recommended as a diuretic in cases of 

 gravel and suppression of urine. 



Diospyros virginiana, (Persimmon.) — U. S. Disp., 302 : Ed. 

 & Vav. Mat. Med., 135; Am. Journ. Med. &c. N. S., IV., 297; 

 Me. & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med. t. II., 657 ; Coxe's Am. Disp., 

 259; Ann. Chim.de Montp. XXIV., 274; Shec. Fl. Carol., 

 510; Lind. Nat. Syst. Bot., 227. It imparts a black dye; an 

 astringent and styptic, bark used in intermittent fevers, and as a 

 gargle in ulcerated sore throats. The unripe fruit has been em- 

 ployed advantageously in diarrhoea, chronic dysentery, and 

 uterine hemorrhage. 



Discopleura cappillacea, (Bishop weed.) — Shec. Fl. Carol. 

 136. See Ammi Magus. 



Drosera rotundifolia^ (Sun dew.) — Shec. Fl. Carol , 519 ; Me. 

 & De. Lens. Diet. De Mat. Med , t. II., 690. Some of this gene- 

 ra are acrid and corrosive. 



Echites difformis. — Me. & de Lens. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. 

 III., 51. Used as a wash for freckles with milk : juice suffi- 

 ciently caustic to destroy warts and scirrhous excrescences ; 

 any portion of the plant will coagulate milk. 



Evi^eron ca?iade?ise, (Colt's tail.) — Matson's Yeg. Pract.. 36S; 

 Royle's Mat. Med., 447 ; U. S. Disp., 316 ; Me. & de Le. Diet., 

 de Mat. Med., t. III., 140 ; Journ. de Bot. IV., 4S ; et. des Pharm. 

 214; Coxe. Am Disp., 26S. A stimulant, tonic, and diuretic, 

 in high estimation among the steam practitioners as a remedy 

 for dysentery, the herb steeped in hot water, and a tea cup full 

 of the infusion given every two hours ; when chewed it relieves 

 cholera morbus. From the observations of Dr. De Puz, (quoted 

 in U. S. Disp.,) it has been found useful in dropsical complaints 

 and diarrhoea. 



E. Pusillum.—\J. S. Disp. 316. 



E. Philadelphicum,—Shc;c. Fl. Carol., 537 ; Royle Mat. Med., 

 447 ; Barton. 1, 234 ; Lind. Nat. Svst. Bot., 253. A diuretic, in 

 repute as a remedy in calculus, arm Nephritic diseases ; it has 

 been employed with advantage in dropsy, and by Dr. Wistar, is 

 recommended in hydrothorax, complicated with gout. 



Eryngium aquaticum, (E. Yucci folium of some Bot, Button 

 snake root.) — Barton's Collections, Ell. Bot., 1, 343: Fr. Elems., 

 2S0 ; U. S.' Disp., 31S ; Me. & de L. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. III., 

 145; Coxe. Am. Disp., 268; Shec. Fl. Carol. Art., "Button 

 snake root," 310, 545. The root when chewed, sensibly excites 

 a flow of saliva ; decoction is diaphoretic expectorant, and some- 

 times emetic. Elliott says it is preferred by some physicians, 



