1 (tilth.tic anil aphrodisiac properties. They believe that the
2 cultivated is more effective tlmu the wild plant.
3 Asparug. Hai ioo n swrina (l.) Vomiting.
4 Asparagus s a v 'iit nt osus—is n product of .East India, used
5 by the native doctors only.
6 Aspdrag. mrm. (I.)
7 AaPii.YLTU»i Pkbsicpm. Mumkti Persicu —is a certain specific
8 in fractured bones, deserving the name of OsteocoUa. It is a
9 solid, hard, heavy, black, glistening mass, without any particular
10 odor. Onlv the genuine possesses tiie peculiar properties, and
11 is but, seldom to be met with even in Persia itself, the place of
12 its origin ; for the King of Persia is reported to collect the whole
13 product, yearly, and to inclose it in small silver boxes, which are
14 distributed as presents to his family, friends, etc. In all Eastern
15 bazaars may he found, under the name of Persian ilfmma*, a com¬
16 pound resembling the genuine in appearance. Professor R. Sclig-
17 inann, of Vienna, published a Pamphlet, as a Supplement to the
18 Oriental Materia Medica, containing extracts from three Are
19 Persian manuscripts, giving information respecting this point,
20 which information coincides with what T heard in Persia. For
21 the gratification of the reader, I here present an extract from
22 Dv.Selign'iann’s pamphlet— Mvm\n Persian signifies waoc. Jah or
23 Ajin is the name of the village in the vicinity of which fixe
24 Spring of water containing Murniai or Mumiajin is found.
25 The Mumiai was discovered in the time of Feridnn, and in the
26 following manner. On one of Ring Feridun’s bunting parties,
27 one of his attendants shot a Gar,ell with an arrow, but it escaped
28 in the darkness of the night, passing into a cavity of the rock,
29 where it drank from that Spring and was healed ; but, before it
30 was perfectly heaku or had left that place, it was accidentally
31 ■ discovered by sonic, of the villagers, secured, and brought to
32 King Feridun, to whom they communicated the particulars.
33 l'Yridun demanded of bis doeiors the cause ot the cure and
34 ordered an investigation into the matter. They broke a foot of
35 the animal, put a bandage on, ancl gave it of that same water to