1 Va cctWfcTTM—-is tlto, preparal virus of eaic-po.v. i prepared
2 it from the fresh lymph, taken immediately on ;L homp ot sugai,
3 from a healthy -young person ; after triturating it. a few minutes.
4 I dissolved it in proof spirit, and kept' it, like other animal
5 preparations, in a well-closed phial, in a dark place, I lit m u, ts
6 of the pustules of cow-pox have been recommended in hooping-
7 cough ; even vaccination proved beneficial.
8 Vaceinevm (HI.)
9 Vaciikt.ua Earnest an a, v. Acacia.
10 Valeriana J at am ansi, v. Nurdo & tachys .
11 Valeriana byt.vt.stris — is iiot known to the Lahore nalbc
12 doctors. What I used was from an apothecary at Calcutta.
13 It has lately been recommended in strong doses against epilepsy.
14 Valor, sylv. radix (I.) Inflammation of the glands.
15 Lientery. Thoracic pain.
16 Vau.isnkkta scut at.is-— is not officinal in medicine. The
17 Hindoos, in Ilindost.au, however, use this plant, in lie rehn.ng
18 of sugar, as the employment of animal charcoal is prohibited by
19 their religion. There are two species of V Jlisneria, both of
20 which grow in tanks, or in marshy ground; the one is cubed
21 m a sett litas, the other feminine.
22 Vanju.a aromatica— is unknown to the Eastern doctors,
23 I used an essence of Vanilla which had been prepared in Europe.
24 Vani.U. arorn . tine fur a (I.)
25 Yen.*, herb a, v. Mentha ay Ices Ms (afnis species.)
26 Vkb atrum auujm, Helleboms albus— is known to the
27 Hukims, from books, hut is not used ; not being officinal in
28 Lahore, I had some from an apothecary of Hindustan.
29 Ve.ratr. alb. radix (II.) Pain in the umbilical region.
30 Veratuom Satiadti.la, v« Sobadillo.
31 *Verbascum {Thapsns)-- vegetates at Lahore, and still more
32 luxuriantly in the valley of Cashmere; hut it is, I. believe, very
33 seldom used either by the native or by European physicians.
34 This, as well as the black 'kind of mullein, is supposed to be nap
35 cotic i the seeds ol both kinds arc poisonous t.o fnh.
36 Vcrbasci folia (I.)