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2 the natives, as a masticatory, for cleaning and strengthening
3 the teeth and the gums, and also as a stomachic. The latter is a
4 prepared drug, used only in medicines, (v. Piper Betle)
5 Arec. Cat. nucc a. n. (I.)
6 Argemone Mexicana. Papaver spinosum — this yellow
7 thistle grows abundantly in Bengal. I planted the seeds, which
8 I procured from Calcutta, at Lahore, and found that the plant
9 withered during the hot season, and again flourished in winter.
10 Throughout the plant a yellow juice is contained, which flows
11 when any part is cut or broken ; this juice, as also the root of the
12 plant, may have their peculiar properties ; the former is a sub-
13 stitute for ipecacuanha (Ainslie’s Mat. Med.) My experiments
14 were confined to the seeds only.
15 Argem. Me x. semina (I.) Sensation of roughness of
16 the teeth, and bleeding from the gums.
17 Argentum fulminans — I prepared by pouring proof-spirit
18 upon a boiling solution of silver in nitric acid, allowing the
19 mixture to deposit its fulminating crystals while cooling. I kept
20 them in paper, inclosed in a box. The care to be taken in the
21 preparation of such articles, has already been noticed, in the In-
22 troduction to the Medium System, page viii.
23 Argent, fulm. (III.) Blackish hue of the skin. Inflam-
24 mation of the mouth, tongue, fauces, and throat.
25 Pre-disposition to early death in childhood.
26 Argentum metallicum — is much used by the Hakims, in
27 the form of silver-leaf, for coating pills, covering electuaries, etc.
28 Argent, met. (I.)
29 Argentum nitricum fusum, Argentri nitras. Lapis infer -
30 nalis — is administered internally by European physicians only,
31 excepting those natives who have been instructed by Europeans.
32 It is used in angina, cardialgia, epilepsy, chlorosis, chorea,
33 phthisis, &c. As an ointment in erysipelas and inflammation of
34 the skin ; as lotion in itching of the genitals, psoriasis diffusa, &c.
35 Argent, nitr. fus. (III.) Blackish hue of the skin.
36 Inflammation of the mouth, &c.
37 Argentum vivum, v. Mercurius vivas.
38 2 G
39 VOL. II.