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XoUs  :     S  :  ';'if  OM  Bemedies. 
Am.  Jour.  Fbami. 
J  a^y.  lass. 
Elixir  qfterpin.  Terj:»m  '  "  ^  gr.  vij  s=) :  alcohol  and  glycerin, 
of  each  6  gm.  fojss);  cassis  ^  5\i);  vanillin  0*<X»o  gm.  (rt  srr.V 
I'  Sr.  a  wine-glassful  3  or  4  times  a  day. 
Wiiie  of  cmehoncL  Extract  of  cinchona  1  gm.  (gr.  xv) .  cassis  1 2 
gm.  (5iij);  good  wine  7  gm.    D  -e.  a  wine-glassftd  at  each  meal. 
Cassis  is  also  said  to  be  wr^^  Tc^i  tor  the  preparation  of  elixirs 
of  calamba,  coca,  (Moral,  etc. 
Our  indigenoTis  black  cnrrant.  Ribes  doridam.  L' Heritier.  has  the 
sniell  and  flavor  of  the  cnltivated  species,  and  while  it  is  probably 
er^ually  effective  as  the  latter,  its  froit  could  doabtless  be  osed  for 
TnakiTig  an  aromatic  wine  similar  to  the  French  cassis. 
Cytisug  Laburnum,  LiniUj  is  indigenous  to  Sjuthern  Europe,  and  is 
cultivated  as  an  ornamental  shrub  under  the  names  of  golden  chain 
and  hean-tr^oU,  the  large  pendulous  racemes  of  g»olden-yellow  flowers 
being  very  showy.  The  purgative  and  emetic  properties  of  the  leaves 
and  seeds  are  known  in  Europe,  and  particularly  the  seeds  have  been 
to  some  extent  employed  in  medicine.  J.  L.  Prevost  and  Paul  Binet 
lave  been  studying,  for  some  time,  the  physiological  effects  of  the 
^flowers,  the  green  fruit  and  the  seed  (Jour,  de  3Ied.  de  Paris,  Jan- 
uary, 1888,  p.  48).  The  aqueous  extract  of  the  seed  was  found  to  be 
more  effeddve  than  the  alcohoKc  extract.  They  consider  the  drug  to 
be  a  good  emetic,  acting  rapidly  and  better  by  hypodermic  injection 
than  when  administered  internally;  and  state  that  in  large  doses,  be- 
sides the  emetic  action,  paralytic  e&cts  are  produced  closely  resem- 
bling those  ??!! owing  the  u^  of  curare. 
(J:  ■  L  plants  not  growing  wild  or  under  cultivation  in  the 
ir-::  v  ^:  T-is,  the  following  may  be  mentioned  as  having  attracted 
re-ir   ^      :  -nr!on  recently: 
H,.".'.       -     :    -da,  3Ia]'tius,  a  tree  indigenous  to  Brazil,  yields  a 
pale  vel-       ^  -   j.  .  :  exudation  which  is  used  there  hke  copaiba,  as  a 
subsr":  :  >  :  :     :      ':  -  -  '  een  again  suggested  in  Europe.  Humiria 
:    : :  ^     - 1      :  -  ^ .  yields  a  reddish  balsam  and  resin,  with 
as:::   :-  :       '      :  .  lyed  like  that  balsam. 
_1  Z         15   ised  in  Tndia  as  an  anthelmintic,  a 
:    _  .     ^,  :   — i^ieh  a  , little  garlic  is  added,  being 
_    -       T  :r  T  :      «ed  juice  of  the  plant,  mixed  with  oil,  has  the 
-  jU.  01  i>eing  an  excellent  liniment  in  arthritic  and  syphilitic 
A :    .  ;     hdidina.  Ed:    s .    The  leaves  have  an  agreeable  odor,  and 
