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remove the peculiar burning sensation in the soles of the feet, so 
common amongst natives” (Dr. John Lancaster.) 
“ Used in chronic gonorrhoea, when the pulp of the fresh 
fruit is mixed with milk and administered with cubeb powder. 
Supposed to act as diuretic and astringent on the mucous 
membranes of the generative organs” (Dr. Fitzpatrick.) 
“ The leaves are very efficacious when pounded into a 
pulp without any admixture of water, and applied cold in the 
form of a poultice to unhealthy ulcers” (Asst.-Surgeon A. C. 
Mukerji.) 
“ The fresh juice of the leaves acts as a mild laxative in 
cases of fever and catarrh, and has probably the effect of remedy- 
ing these conditions” (Asst.-Surgeon Doyal Ch. Shome). 
“ The decoction of the leaves is used as a febrifuge and 
expectorant ” (Asst.-Surgn — N. L. Ghose.) 
“The juice of the fresh leaves has a laxative action.” 
(Surgn. K, D. Ghose.) 
“ The root is said to be an antidote against poisonous 
snakebite.” (Surgn. Meadows.) Watt’s Dictionary. 
In the Pharmacopoeia of India, the balf-ripe fruit is officinal. 
The value of Bael in intestinal affections, though noticed by 
Rheede (Sort. Maldb., vol. iii., p. 37), Burman ( Flor . Tnd. Ed. 
1768,' p. 109), and other old writers, attracted little notice till 
1853, when Sir Ranald Martin (Lancet, 1853, vol. ii., p. 53) called 
the attention of the profession to it. Dr. J. Shortt and Dr. J. 
Newton, as the result of their respective personal experience, 
report very favourably of its action in dysentery. According to 
Dr. J. A. Green, a sherbet of the ripe fruit, taken every morning, 
proves serviceable in the dyspepsia of Europeans, when accom- 
panied by obstinate constipation and flatulence. He adds that 
the unripe fruit baked for six hours is a powerful astringent, 
and as such is used by the natives in dysentery. Dr. B. Bose 
advocates the daily use of a sherbet of this fruit during 
cho’era epidemics as a prophylactic. At such seasons it is 
doubtless of service to regulate the bowels carefully, avoiding 
either constipation or purgation. Dr. G. Bidie (Madras Quart. 
