1 Nicouaka & Nkotin, v. Tabnontn.
2 Nigki.la sativa— is cultivated all over the Last, where its
3 seeds are officinal, and where they are thought to stimulate the
4 secretion of milk. The natives of Hindustan sprinkle them
5 among woollen cloths, shawls, See., as preservative against
6 destructive insects, fumigations from these seeds ought to he
7 tric'd in Epidemics. Sue Vol. II. |> IB, Kigeila.
8 NiyeU. sat . semina (1.)
9 NrriticuM, acidum-— is officinal at Lahore, Native ooctois,
10 Hakims, and silversmiths, use nitric acid, which they distil (hi
11 earthen vessels) in a very simple manner from saltpetre and
12 sulphate of iron, with or without alum. Nitric acid lias lately
13 been recommended in infantile asthma.
14 Nitric . or. (III.) Orchitis.
15 Nitro-mur . on., vel Niiro-sal aiumon. acid. (111.)
16 Nit rum, v. Kali nitricum.
17 No>: mo i j tk vel Numnulme. Shudnuj udsee, Ainb--
18 oflicinal with the natives. They are lentil-slmped greyish pebbles,
19 of various sizes, consisting of carbonate of lime and iron (with
20 a nucleus of calcareous crystals, Hoyle). I he Hakims adn bl¬
21 ister them in eye-diseases, and ulcers.
22 Nv/nul. Shudnuj (t.) Cough. Dysury. Impotency.
23 Soreness of tin; lips and throat. Vomiting even oi
24 blood.
25 Ncx Coe us, v. Cocos nu-v.
26 Nux S 106 CHATUS, v. Moschita nuv.
27 Nux potatorum, v. Stryclmas nu potatorum.
28 Nux vomica, v. Strycknos nui eoniicu.
29 Nyct-•tuih.um— is the essential active principle of NyvierU
30 or Nyderin or Vesper tilic. Having hoard of the effects of this
31 strange remedy, the But, T tried it out of curiosity; anil am
32 convinced that it has, as everything else in nature, its distinct
33 properties. 1 kept notes of the results of my experience, and
34 now give them *>• place in those volumes. T.his peculiar mtdici ,
35 1 prepared in two different manners:
36 I. 1 mixed the ire h-blood of the Bat with an equal