1 iloyle'nifi, or, Mentha viridis of' the Beng. Disp, ? it grows
2 in tiie hills of Cashmere, where it is officinal.
3 Mkhcuiuaua— -preparations of mercury; only two, so far ns
4 I am aware, that are officinal with the natives of Lahore, both of
5 them prepared in Hind os tan ; one is I) a r s hi k n a. the other
6 Husk upoov (Rcshkupoor). The former, which is but
7 seldom used, is similar to our corrosive sublimate. The latter,
8 which is a kind of submuriate of mercury or ealomelas, is
9 extensively used in syphilitic diseases, l'or their p.ropr.ration,
10 see Bong. 1*1) arm. p. 342.
11 J /era. Darshikna (111.) Salivation.
12 Mere, /tusbipior (IT.) Alternately (to. and tc.) wit >
13 led. in almond-oil, syphilid acute and chronic;
14 alternately with Curcuma lonaa, ' or Ehenum ,
15 chronic syphilis,
16 Meucurios i o i .minans (1.1.1.)
17 MKncDKirs ru.ecmTAnJs hubisu (III.)
18 Mebc'URius soluoius Haiineman^i (II.)
19 Merc nuns suBLiMAtiTs coitiiosivus (III.) Pneumonia.
20 Salivation.
21 jjVlEacuitius vivos-—is to he met with everywhere, and is
22 used by the natives as well as by Europeans, internally and
23 externally. Mercurial salivation (from its external use, as an
24 ointment) snatches a dysenteric patient from the grave (Ainslie).
25 Mercurial inunctions are recommended in hydrophobia, Black
26 sulphuret of mercury has been recommended in typhus fever.
27 Mere. ew. (I.) Swelling of the testicles. Ulceration of
28 the mouth, fauces, and throat. In combination with
29 Croton T. Syphilitic arthritis.
30 Mfsua v errka— its flowers arc oflic.nal at Lahore; and are
31 brought from the hills.
32 Mm fen. fores (I.)
33 Metiioniua cLoitiosA—its roots L receivetl from the hills.
34 They are long shaped, tuberculous, some of them dot i acker
35 than a finger, and remarkable for preserving their fresh and
36 soft state for several months, without any change in the texture,