.1 Medi ' 7 Catalogue of Plums. »\*c. 



Bled. t. V., L58. Antiscorbutic, diuretic, and anthelmintic. T 

 Dispensatory does nol give it the attention that it i in 



various parts of Europe. It is vaunted as an antidote tor poison- 

 ing from cantharides. See Diet., de Mat. Med., loc, eit. 



Prunella vulgaris^ (Heal all.) Med. Diet Parr, art., Bran 

 la. Le. II., 245 ; U.S Disp., 1291 ; Ed. A Vav. Mat Med. 276 ; 

 Me. & de L Diet, de Mat. Med.,t V.,520. This plant, though 

 is stimulant powers, has nevertheless fallen into disre- 

 pute. It was used as aii astringent in affections of the throat. 



Pa jl>//i</ulos</. Me, A. de. L. Diet, de Mat. Med., t. 



\ .. 529 "The P. glandulosa lias been regarded as a powerful 



rmifuge and good stomachic, the decoction arrests the flow of 

 blood, and an infusion of the root produces vomiting.* 1 Diet, de 

 Mat. Med. 



Pti don pycHOstachyum\ (Black root.) — Bit. Bot Med., 

 note II., 324. Used in domestic practice in St John's, as an 

 alterative, the black root of the negroes. 



Quercus virens. -I . S. Disp., 581 ; Bb. Mat Med I.. 376. 



<±.falcata, (Spanish oak.)— Chap. Therap, II. , 493; U. S. 

 Disp.. 581 ; Han. Essay t i Mat. Med.: Alibert Nouv. .. n. 



de Therap. I.. 93; Phil. Med. Museum, vol. II.; Me. & de L. 

 Diet de Mat. Med., t. V., 5S0 ; Lind. Nat Syst Hot., 170. An 

 h for gangrene, a decoction administered with 

 great success in dysentery, uterine and pulmonary hemorrhage, 

 and in intermittent fever. In domestic practice, where an easily 

 obtained and efficient astringent is required, it is of no little val- 

 ue ; used to considerable extent on the plantations. 



Q. tinctorial (Black Oak.) — Am. Med. Record. III., 363; 

 Bart Essay to Mat Med. II.; Bdinb. Med. Journ. No. 72\ Vc. 

 Mat Med. II., 194; D. s. Disp., 581; Michaux N. Am, Sylvia, 

 I.. 01 : Journal de Pharm., et de Chim. V.. 261; Royle Mat. 

 Med., 559; Ball. & Gai •: Me. & de L. Diet , de Mat. Med. 



t. \ In addition to the qualities possessed by the U- la I - 



cata. this is purgative. They have both been efficacious in leu- 

 corrhcea, amenorrhoea, chronic hysteria, and diarrhoea, rheuma- 

 tism, pulmonary consumption, tabes mesenteric^ cynanchs ton- 

 sillaris, and asthma. Mr. Lizara has used it ''with wonderful 

 su in the cure el reducible hernia. Bberle loc. cit. 



d Alba.—U. S. Disp., 582; Royle Mat Med., 659. Decoc- 

 i as a bath for children in marasmus, scrofula, ov* 



Rhus copaUinum, (Sumach.) — Ell. Bot, 302; Ed. & Vav., 

 Mat. Med., 136. A wash applied to riiij/ worms; root used by 

 Ch Indians, as an anti-venereal. The excrescences 00 



leave- lered, and made into an ointment for application in 



hemorrhoid 



R. radic P — Eb. Mat Med. II.. 117 ; Ell. B 



3; Bell's Pract Diet.. 153; inn. deChira WW 1"-: I. 



