1 dropsies, also against vomitipg in pregnancy. Nutmeg is said
2 to be its antidote. Sec Strychnine.
3 Strijch. 'nuiX com. (II.) Facial patches. i ; ever with
4 tti^isles mid swellings. Pain oi' the forehead. Pain
5 of the liver.
6 Si»Yi.pi‘*OHUM NiiJ*A»-KNsis—is, probably, Mevonojm* (t\
7 Hoyle’s Illustr.) It vegetates on the Cashmerean mountains,
8 and is officinal at Cashmere. Us foots are said to he narcotic.
9 Stylapk. AVp. radices (I.) Troubled sight.
10 Sty rax \Storap) cai akita-bIso Slyraw liquida (Styraa-
11 flu a) or, liquid anther, are officinal. at Lahore
12 S/i/rpiV cat ami In (IL) lain hi the cur.
13 Stiiram lujuvla (II.)
14 fefrpEK (Gen S-ukeri*) v. Serpen/h c\mvice.
15 Sr ilKK {Qnetynx)-— cork, in a prepared state, Uas hke every¬
16 thing else, its peculiar properties, and may be* used as a medicine.
17 Its active part is called pvberm, which, in a pure state, is neces¬
18 sarily more powerful than common cork, which I used.
19 Saber Hgnum (t.)
20 becr*i mum. Eiectrum —is officinal at Lahore. Lhe Hakims
21 administer umber against palpitations and profuse hemorr¬
22 hages.
23 Succ.i»< cUriuwn (II)
24 Sr i. a i ft k t, v. Bitumen.
25 Sulphur-— at Lahore, there, arc different sorts of brimstone;
26 some* indigenous, others imported. From MooUan we received a
27 blackish kind, in natural crystals, which, in the gunpowder
28 manufactory, was thought to be the best. 1‘or medic in{j^pro¬
29 poses, the Hakims prefer -Mlimar (Kibreet aonlasar) which
30 Dr Koyle says to he a compound; but, I am of a different
31 . opinion, because, it has the appearance of a natural crystal.
32 T think it is imported from Hindustan. There is another inferior
33 kind, which, I believe, is also the product of Hindustan, and is
34 called Mefm ei osar, at Lahore, where it is used medicinally. In
35 addition to these three, there is, at the Lahore bazaar, the
36 common yellow (purified) brimstone, from Hindustan, which is