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2 says, that, when swallowed, they induce violent vomiting, pains,
3 convulsions, and even death. These seeds called rutty in Hindos-
4 tanee, are used throughout India by the natives as the smallest
5 weight, representing the grains of Europeans. Its roots, called
6 Indian liquorice, being cylindrical and sweet, are used in the
7 West and East Indies, like those of the common liquorice in
8 Europe. How different the qualities of the root and the seed ;
9 the one on a par with arsenic , the other with liquorice !
10 Abrus prec. rad. (I.)
11 Abrus prec. sem. (III.) Cholera-morbus. Diarrhoea. Pains
12 in the arms, chest, and shoulders.
13 * Absinthium (Artemisia) Artemisia Indica — is less used iu
14 Lahore, than the Wormwood of Cashmere, which the Hakims
15 administer in protracted fevers, affections of the bile, atony of
16 the liver, &c.
17 Absinth, herba (I.) Fever. Nodes. Pains of the shoulders.
18 Salivation at night, with indigestion. Itch.
19 Acacia Arabic a — is one of the most useful trees, vegetating
20 all over Hindostan ; its gum is the Indian Arabic-gum ; its bark
21 is used in tanning, and in promoting the fermentation of saccha-
22 rine substances for making spirit. The Hakims use not only
23 the gum and the bark, but also the leaves and the seeds of this
24 tree in their medicines.
25 Acac. Arab, cortex , gumrni , folia fy semina (I.)
26 Fol. Diarrhoea with or without fever.
27 Sem. Sensation of burning and pricking.
28 Acacia Cabulica — is a species of Acacia tree in Lahore,
29 probably brought from Cabul.
30 Acac. Cabul. fores $ folia (I.)
31 Acacia Farnesiana — is one of the most elegant Acacias in
32 the East Indies. In Lahore I reared some trees from seeds
33 which were sent from the botanical garden of Calcutta. I ob-
34 served that a balsamic liquid, in abundance, is contained in the
35 dried husk which envelopes the seeds; the latter I have fre-
36 quently used with advantage, and have communicated their
37 effects in the preceding Medical part, but, the former I regret