ON SOLANUM DULCAMARA. 
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yellow resin resembling musk in its smell. This is to be 
thoroughly washed, first in cold and then in hot water, till all 
traces of acid are removed. 
This article may be employed in emulsion, as is recom- 
mended by Hufeland, made by triturating ten or twelve 
grains with a few almonds, and adding five or six ounces of 
water. The dose of this is two tea spoonsful for a child of 
two years of age. The usual mode of administering it, how- 
ever, is in tincture, made by dissolving two drachms in eight 
ounces of alcohol. The dose is twenty-five drops. 
R. E. G. 
ART. III.— ON SOLANUM DULCAMARA. By John W. Simes. 
C Extract from Inaugural Thesis. J 
It flourishes profusely in damp and sheltered situations, as 
on the banks of streams and among the thickets which border 
our natural meadows. In the United States it extends from 
New England to Ohio. Its flowering period is from June to 
August. 
The roots and stalk, upon being chewed, first cause a sensa- 
tion of bitterness, which is soon followed by a considerable 
degree of sweetness; and hence, the plant obtained the name 
of Bitter-sweet. 
The berries have not been applied to medical use; they 
seem to act powerfully on the prima3 viae, exciting violent 
vomiting and purging. 
The officinal parts of the plant are the stalks and the ex- 
treme branches; they should not be of more than one year's 
growth, and should be gathered in autumn after the fall of the 
leaves, as the sensible qualities of the plant are then said to be 
the strongest; in the whole state it is inodorous, but when 
bruised it emits a peculiar and rather nauseous smell. 
