m . .?^3IA CATALOGUE OF INDIAN 



■^:;ui asa .zqidi, -z. The :yellow Sulphiuret, IlartdlS^y H. Haritdla, S. . 



The red Sulpburet, Ma?i5?7^(2) H. Jkffl7ja/i Si7a, S, 

 Quick-silver. Pdra, H. Pdrada, S, 



The red SLilphu'ret,\S'/^mg'er//3) H, '-■"^-''^" 

 A sub-muriate^ Maseapur^'^> H„ 

 vao^c . . ^ 

 Shengerf, or fa6titious cinnabar, is prepared by the natives in a very 



simple mode. The guick-silver and sulphur are first triturated together, 

 until a black sulphuret is formed, which i^,|>ut into a glazed earthen pot^ 

 similar to those commonly used for dressing vi6luals. Over this, another 

 vessel, of the same kind, is placed, inverted,^ and luted to it with clay. 

 Fire is then applied to the undermost ves;^el, and continued until the whole 

 of the contents is sublimed. The apparatus is, theja..saffeT[?edKt€) ,e&ol;'wheii 

 a cake of cinnabar is found 'adhering to the inner surface of the upper- 

 atiost pot. ,.,.'"' "^.V", " ^ „ ''.'*',. 



Shengerf is used, internally, by the native pra6litioners, as an anti> 

 pasmodic, and for the cure of cutaneous diseases; but it is employed 

 much more efficaciously by them in fumigation, for such cases of the ve- 

 nereal disease as are attended with ulcers in the nose, mouth and throat. 

 The fumigation is conducted in the usual mode, by making the patient, 

 with a blanket thrown over him, inhale the fumes of the Shengerf thrown 

 on red hot iron. In this mode, the cure is performed very rapidly, but it 

 frequently causes a violent and dangerous ptyalism; nor is the patient al- 

 ways secured by it against a relapse of the disease. , 



Rascapu'r is another mercurial preparation, in great estimation, and 

 much used by both the Hindu and Muhammedan ^xdi^i^ionQYS. There 

 are various modes of preparing it, but none of them essentially different 



{^) Hurtal. , _ (^) Mumii.,, ,i^lShungurf. m Euskupoor, 



