1 dissolved in milk, in cases of ‘.vastmg ami debility of the
2 genital organs.
3 •j Phdti. gumm. (II.)
4 Pjuenux nAOTYUKJiita, v. Dvvtylua.
5 Vhosvwojrus-- is unknown to the Eastern doctor:). Groat care
6 is necessary in using it. Phosphorus is recummended for
7 the destruction of rats and vermin. For this purpose, it. must
8 he mixed with hogs-lard, made of a proper consistence, with
9 Hour and-sugar, and flavored with the oil of aniseed. Phos¬
10 phorus may be administered internally or externally in solution.
11 Phosphate of lime (better phosphate of soda?) with cod-liver-oil
12 have been recommended in scrofula mid consumption.
13 Phospha .; sodcr pel natrkus (II.)
14 Phuapk. acidum (IT.) Pneumonia.
15 PtrvLL.' xTHt?s Emju.ica, v. Myrubalamtv Emblica.
16 Phvsaus Alkexkngi— its fruit (// ulicacabum) the winter-'
17 cherry is what the Easterns call K agn uj, The English have
18 given the name of K agn uj to the Physalin jiavmmr-, or
19 somnif&t'd —or, is this the name of the plant in the lower parts
20 of Hindustan, in Bengal ? The winter-cherry is used by the
21 Hakims as a diuretic, arid in ulceration of the urinary bladder.
22 It Is sakl to be purgative, and h much used in veterinary medi¬
23 cine. The:winter-cheri y has lpug been abandoned in European
24 practice, and is now regarded as useless.
25 Physal. Jl/eekengi frur.tm (I.) is one of the best reme¬
26 dies in Hemiplegia! useful also in Pustules of the
27 head, etc.
28 Pttvs a i. is vlkxposa. Physdlh snuinifera — grows among
29 the ruins o r the old city of Lahore. The Punjabees call the
30 plant agsen d-—not, as stated by so many authors, as also
31 ‘in the Bengal Dispensatory, mymd. Augend (fjsgund)
32 h'agouvi.. is a root. officinal with the native doctors of the
33 Punjab, and is imported from Hindostan. The seeds 1 used,
34 under the name Pht/salis Jle.vuona xcmiu i, were not the seeds
35 of the Lahore plant, but hose which had been imported fronn
36 Mooltan. They are kept by the druggists, who call them