Artocarpaceae to AlgaeJ. & A. Churchill, 1880 |
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3-celled acid acrid acute aloes Amer anthers apex aromatic arrowroot bark base bitter black pepper blunt bracts branches British Pharmacopoeia brown bulb catkins cent Characters colour commonly constituents corm cubebs cultivated cylindrical demulcent DESCRIPTION OF PLATE Description.-A dried endosperm erect ergot feet Female flowers fleshy fruit Genus grains green Hanhart imp inches long India Journ juice Kunth leaves Lindl Linn male flowers Medical Properties medicine membranous native nearly Nees numerous oblong obtained odour official ovary ovoid ovules pale pepper perianth pericarp petioles Pharm Pharmacographia Pharmacopoeia of India Pinus plant portion powder raceme resin rhizome ripe roots sarsaparilla scales seeds sessile slender slightly Smilax smooth soluble species specimen spike spikelet spreading stalked stamens starch stem Steph stigmas substance surface tannic acid tapering taste thick Transverse section tree turpentine U. S. Disp upper varieties Vertical section volatile oil yellow
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Seite 223 - The symptoms which they produce are twofold : those indicating gastro-intestmnl irritation, — such as vomiting and colic ; and those which arise from disorder of the cerebrospinal system, — such as headache, giddiness, languor, ringing in the ears, confusion of sight, dilated pupil, delirium, heaviness", somnolency, trembling, convulsions, and paralysis. These seeds therefore appear Tig.
Seite 150 - If the white or medullary portion which intersects the red or astringent part be small, and has assumed a bluish tinge, and the astringent part is very red, the nut is considered of good quality ; but when the medullary portion is in large quantity the nut is considered more mature, and, not possessing as much astringency, is not esteemed so valuable.
Seite 63 - Yew is however reported to have one decided advantage over Digitalis by its effects not accumulating in the system ; so that it is a much more manageable and more efficient remedy.
Seite 77 - The situation most favourable to the process is in a forest near to a marsh or bog ; because the roots of the fir, from which tar is principally extracted, are always most productive in such places. A conical cavity is then made in the ground (generally in the side of a bank or sloping hill), and the roots of the fir, together with logs and billets of the same, being neatly trussed in a stack of the same conical shape, are let into this cavity.
Seite 108 - The tubers are dug up, well washed in water, and then beaten in large, deep, wooden mortars to a pulp. This is thrown into a large tub of clean water. The whole is then well stirred, and the fibrous part wrung out by the hands and thrown away. The milky liquor being passed through a hair sieve, or coarse cloth, is suffered to settle, and the clear water is drained off.
Seite 77 - ... a stack of the same conical shape, are let into this cavity. The whole is then covered with turf, to prevent the volatile parts from being dissipated, which, by means of a heavy wooden mallet, and a wooden stamper worked separately by two men, is beaten...
Seite 20 - Pharmacopeia. soft, yellowish, ligneous portion surrounded by a pinkish colored bark. The odor is slight, peculiar and somewhat oleaginous, but in the recent root is said by Dr. Frost to be strong and acrimonious. The taste is bitterish and pungent. Leaving an impression of disagreeable acrimony in the mouth and fauces. Nothing certain is known of its composition, but the active principle is said to be volatile, and the root consequently loses much of its activity when kept. Its virtues are imparted...
Seite 59 - ... all the outer wood, without touching the heart, which is the Sandal ; the billets ought then to be taken up and smoothed, and, according to their size, sorted into three kinds. The deeper the colour, the higher is the perfume ; and hence the merchants sometimes divide Sandal into red, yellow, and white; but these are all various shades of the same colour, and do not arise from any different species in the tree.
Seite 142 - ... and the story ends with the pious exclamation, " from which devill and all other devills defend us, good Lord ! Amen." We have spoken of the collections of tales, which, at the end of the sixteenth and beginning of the seventeenth centuries...