1 Plumbum acetic. uu i'll ysta i.i.fi»ATi m. SttechuruM anlumi
2 —is »• preparate unknown to the native doctors of Lahore.
3 Acetate of lead has lately been, recommended against spinal
4 irritation, carditis chronica, and angina; us n dry eollyrium in
5 ophth . luija, as a clyster in dysentery, and diarrhoea.
6 Plumb, a-'el, (III.)
7 Pmjmbi:m ;mkt at u< [,ivi—is not used as n medicine; ncvdr-
8 tiielefis lead has its own properties. Applications of carbonate of
9 had (white lead), mixed with linseed-oil, have lately been recom¬
10 mended in burns and scalds.
11 Plumb, met. (1.)
12 Plumbum sniMitrnETtiM, v. Galena.
13 1* .ME US! ON A KTHK K V It It O 0 A, V. Pieforvhiza.
14 Poa i m {trffinis species )—is a kind of grass which grows
15 in Cashmere, and is ofiieina) there.
16 Ponoi’MYLHiM Emo ox—grows in the mountains of Cashmere,
17 and is officinal. I usedjboth the leaves and fruit of this plant.
18 Pmlophyll, folia ( 1 )
19 PodophylL fyucht s (I.) Costiveness.
20 Pc okia cojcaluna— is u product of Arabia. The Greek
21 name of this root, Fabania, misled me in supposing this
22 article Fubana, the root of Setlum tclephimtm. The
23 sample I had, was about two inches in length, one inch in
24 diameter, and was broader at one end than the other. Galen
25 says, that the strength of .his root increases every year, that
26 it stimulates the secretion of milk, provokes the catamenia, and
27 bilious disorders, for which the Myrnbalons are a corrective; lie
28 also .says, hat the round kind of root is the best.
29 Pceonia (1.) Diarrhoea. Dystiry. Expectoration of
30 mucus. Thoracic pain.
31 Polakisia (ieosandria.?) -grows at Lahore during the cold
32 season, Its penetrating aromatic odor is agreeable.
33 Polan. herbal (T.)
34 Polan. radix (II.) Lacrymal fistula.
35 Polyanthes tl-bkrosa— grows at Lahore, and on the hills.
36 The natives say that its seeds are the white To dree of the
37 VOL. II.
38 N