1 Oleum vximalk («. vtherenvi) Dippeli —is an exciting' em-
2 pvreumatie oil, which stimulates the nervous Hvsteiri and the
3 «
4 circulation, provoking sweat arid increasing the urinary dis¬
5 charge. .ft has proved effective in nervous sciatica, and us a topic
6 3,1 l"pus; it must be kept in a well-closed phial, hi a dark place.
7 Oi. anlm. (II.)
8 Ombaeum Psumcum— is officinal at Lahore, and is used in
9 haemorrhages. See Terebinthina.
10 Oliban. Ind. (II.) Colic. Difficult deglutition. Gents
11 ral pains. Pain in the groin.
12 Onosma MAOttocKi'KALAtA. Onosmc Bracheatum , Boyle— is
13 officinal in Cashmere, and grows plentifully 01Vthe Hiiualayas
14 namely, on die Hindokoosh, near the Funjab-road via Puembur
15 to Cashvpere. Flower-stem and root, arc both of them efficacious
16 and useful medicines,
17 Onosm rnaoroceph. fores (I.) Catarrhal sneezing.
18 Giddiness. Prurigo. Shifting articular pah*.
19 Onosm. tmeroceph. radices (1.) ' Psoriasis tropicus.
20 Spinal pain.
21 Ot-itTst pc hum is a product of the Punjab, and much used
22 by the natives. See Vol. I. p. 157. It has been recommended
23 it) phrenitis, and typhus oerebro-spinalis.
24 MoijJtina , Morphia vel Morphium (HI.) aud its salts;
25 are heroic medicines which must be used with the
26 utmost care.. The case noted in this Voh p. 55,
27 Morphi,na, under the head Opium, leads me to
28 suppose that a similar local application of this
29 medicine, may be advantageously resorted to in
30 nervous affections of the brain; as in narcosis,
31 mania, syncope, etc. Morphia inoculation is said to
32 have c ured obstinate sciatica, itching on the genitals
33 a«>d other cutaneous diseases; as well as hcmicrania,
34 toothache, etc. In poisonings by opium, I consider
35 the cotton-secdn a good remedy; the emulsion should
36 be given internally W the warmed cotton-oil rubbed
37 ail oyer (he hotly.