Am.  Jour.  Pharm. ) 
Sept.,  1878.  J 
Varieties, 
453 
the  volatile  oils  of  the  following  plants:  1,  Thymus  vulgaris,  Lin.,  by 
Caspar  Neumann,  in  1735,  as  "  camphora  thymi " ;  2,  Monarda 
didyma,  Lin.,  by  Brunn,  in  1796,3s  a  crystalline  deposit;  3,  Monarda 
punctata,  Lin.  :  its  thymol  was  described  by  Arppe  in  1846  ;  4,  Doveri 
(1847)  anc*  Lallemand  (1853)  examined  the  crystalline  part  of  oil  of 
thyme,  which  was  called  thymol  by  the  latter ;  5,  Ammi  copticum^ 
Lin.  (Ptychotis  ajowan,  D.  C,  and  Ptych.  coptica,  D.  C.) ;  the  thy- 
mol was  prepared  by  Stenhouse  (1855)  and  Haines  (1856),  and  its 
identity  with  thymol  proven  by  Hugo  Muller  (1869). — Archiv  d.  Pbar.y 
June,  p.  485-489.   
VARIETIES. 
Polymnia  uvedalia.  By  J.  A.  G.  Clowes,  M.  D. — The  success  attending  the 
treatment  of  malarial  diseases,  especially  where  the  spleen  is  involved,  sometimes 
exceeds  the  comprehension  of  some  of  the  most  learned  in  the  medical  profession. 
A  case  recently  treated  with  the  Bearsfoot,  I  thought  would  prove  interesting  to  the 
readers  of  the  "  Reporter."  Some  three  weeks  ago  I  was  consulted  by  Newton  M.^ 
aged  twenty-five,  who  complained  of  pain  in  the  region  and  over  the  seat  of  the  spleen, 
and  upon  examination  I  found  tenderness,  with  marked  enlargement  of  the  organ. 
Upon  questioning  him,  he  gave  a  history  of  a  series  of  attacks  of  intermittent  fever 
about  a  year  previous  to  consulting  me.  Thinking  this  would  be  a  good  case  to  test 
the  merits  of  the  Bearsfoot,  I  accordingly  prepared  an  ointment  after  the  following 
formula : 
R    Fl.  ext.  polymnia?  uvedalise,  .  .  .  .  £ii 
Adipis,  .  .  .  .  %l  M. 
and  directed  that  it  should  be  applied  twice  daily.  I  also  gave,  as  an  internal  medi- 
cine, a  mixture  of 
Wine  of  pepsin,     .  .  .  ^iii 
Mur.  acid,      .  .  .  £ss 
Syr.  simp.,  .  .  .    %\  M. 
Dose — Teaspoonful  after  meals. 
One  week  later  my  patient  returned,  saying  that  his  side  was  much  better,  and 
that  the  pain  had  changed.  He,  moreover,  complained  of  headache,  for  which  I 
gave  small  doses  of  morph.  sulph.,  and  advised  the  continued  use  of  the  uvedalia 
ung.,  as  I  was  anxious  to  know  something  of  the  result  of  the  vaunted  cures  by  the 
uvedalia,  and  in  less  than  a  week  he  again  returned,  saying  that  the  pain  and  sore- 
ness had  entirely  disappeared.  It  has  now  been  over  a  week  since  he  has  felt  any- 
thing of  the  pain.  From  the  limited  experience  I  have  had  with  polymnia  uvedalia 
in  the  form  of  an  ointment  for  chronic  rheumatism  it  has  given  very  good  satisfac- 
tion. It  relieves  the  pain  incident  to  that  disease,  and  gives  better  use  to  the  joints 
than  any  application  in  the  form  of  an  ointment  that  I  have  used. — Med.  and  Surg. 
Rep.,  March  16. 
