1 taste, lead hu to suppose that it ha* many properti es yet undis¬
2 covered. I hail not the opportunity of experimenting upon it,
3 but, recoin in. nd it to the attention of other physician*.
4 Hkovsaiiu.u Alum i. Alhayi maurorum — grows at Lahore,
5 and is officinal.
6 Hedy8, Alhayi herba (I.)
7 MnuYSAPr.M ? n kit b e dam r — its seeds are officinal *ft
8 Lahore, an<l imported from tlie bills; they are whitish, and c»f
9 the size of hemp-sfeeds; probably a species of Iledysannn.
10 Hedys. (?) Baiter dune (I.)
11 IsortA — officinal at Lahore, is a capsule twisted
12 together lik • a screw. Tt is used internally as well as externally.
13 llelkt. Bora (T.>
14 liKLio-ntorn/M — grows in Cashmere, and is 'similar to our
15 11. Kuroyreiem : but, it is not used in medirine.
16 * 1 -Iki.j.icboriis ALDUS, v. Veratrum album.
17 * IIelledobus nicer— -i* not unknown to the Halims,
18 though not administered at Lahore. The root I used was from
19 Calcutta. It is said, that the gently roasted root of hellebore
20 (black hr fetid P) has cured epilepsy.
21 Jfellt fxtr. n. rad/.' (II.)
22 llKMiDKSMUH Impious. Perip/oca Indira. Lc/rj>ian Psru
23 domra —grows in 1 liudostan. The root of this plant is much
24 in use among the Lnglish physicians all over India;’ yet, in
25 former.ytars, I could not find it at I<ahore, but had t > procure
26 it from Hindostan. In the'Bengal Dispensatory, p. 156, I reed—
27 “ our trials here have been numerous and satisfactory. Its diuretic
28 operation is very remarkable. It also acted as a diaphoretic and
29 tonic, and so increased the appetite, that it became a most
30 popular remedy in our hospital. The taste and smell of the
31 infusion are balmy and sweet,* we have used it with the most,
32 decided benefit in numerous cases of the description in which
33 sarsaparilla is generally ghen—and it has been also used in
34 England, and very highly spoken of; indeed we consider the
35 activity of this medicine to lie much more decided than that of
36 sarsaparilla itself. If this lie so, I would ask, how is it that this