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mon user from time immemorial in India. As to 
the mode of administering, the directions given by 
Celsus are; “ Cum pridie multum allium ederit, vomat 
posteroque die, mali punicis tenues radiculas colliegat 
quantum manu comprehendet ; eas contusas in aquae 
duobus sextariis decoquat, donee tertia pars supersit ; huic 
adjiciat nitri panlum etjejunus bibat.” It is directed, in the 
Dictionnairc de Matiere Medicale that two ounces of the 
fresh root be boiled in a pint and a half of water to one pint, 
a third of which is to be a dose, and repeated every hour 
till the whole is taken. It is recommended to be adminis- 
tered in the morning, on an empty stomach, and followed 
by a dose of oil. In the same work it is stated that this 
decoction has been employed as a remedy for the round 
worm and ascarides, and ii has been found superior to any 
other medicine. It mav be given for the round worm in 
doses of two drachms — to half an ounce ; and for the as- 
carides it ought to be given in injection. When the 
root is dried, a smaller proportion of it is to be used in 
preparing the decoction. The effects of an over dose are, 
sickness at the stomach, giddiness, uneasiness in the bow- 
els, and sometimes headache. Dr. Elliotson considers, the 
bark of the root in the state of powder the most effectual 
form. From one to two drachms may be given three times 
daily, followed, the ensuing morning, by a dose of oil. 
The rind of the fruit has also a place in the Materia 
Medina. It is very astringent, containing gum extract, 
and tannin or tannic acid. A decoction prepared 
from it has obtained a place in the London Phar- 
macopeia for 1836. Two ounces of the rind are 
directed to be boiled in a pint and a half of dis- 
tilled water to one pint: the dose of the strained Li- 
quor is from half an ounce to an ounce. It has 
been found useful not only in cases of Tapeworm, but 
also in dysentery, and leucorhhoea. 
The blossoms or flowers, called balaustium , Pliny in- 
forms us, were employed in his time as medicinal, and 
in dving cloth. The infusion is occasionally used as a 
vehicle in gargles and for astringent mixtures. 
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The Pomegranate appears to have been very common in 
Palestine, and must have attained as a tree a considerable 
height, as we read in 1. Samuel 14. 2. ‘‘That Saul tar- 
lied in the uttermost part ofDiheah, under a pomegranate 
tree, which is in Migron.” The fruit, was at that time 
highly esteemed, and wc accordingly find frequent allu- 
