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Finally it may be said that like every thing else in this 
country, the profession of Pharmacy is on the high road of 
improvement; and that future generations will find established 
a class of scientific pharmaceutists, qualified to meet the exi- 
gencies of society in this most important branch of the social 
economy. 
Baltimore Nov. 18th 1836. 
ART. XLVI.— MEDICO BOTANICAL NOTICES. NO. XII. 
Cocculus crispus. An extract prepared from the root of 
the plant thus denominated, has been brought to this country 
from China, by Dr. Earle. It has a dark shining appearance, 
a tarlike consistence and an intensely bitter taste, not unlike 
the Extract of Colomba, to which it is allied in sensible proper- 
ties; and the resemblance between them can be readily un- 
derstood, when the close alliance between the C. crispus and 
the C. palmatus is adverted to. This preparation like that 
from Colomba, possesses tonic and invigorating effects upon 
the stomach and bowels; and it may also possess some astrin- 
gency. Dr. Earle informed us, that it had been of late years 
much employed in India for these purposes. It was given in 
mild cases of Intermittent fever, and at the termination of 
Dysenteric and other complaints of the bowels for the purpose 
of restoring their tone and power. And with the same indi- 
cations it might be employed in the United States. The dose 
is from 5 to 10 grains repeated several times daily. 
The Cocculus crispus, is the Menispermum tuberculatum 
of Lammarck, and the M. verrucosum of Roxburgh. It was 
called Funis felleus by Rumphius, and has been transferred 
by Decanpolle to the genus Cocculus. The plant is fru- 
tescent, smooth, twining, and sarmentose in habit, having a 
tuberculated stem which gives it a rugged appearance. The 
