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2 in the Punjab, and is a well-known article in the adulteration of
3 beer ; with castor-oil, externally applied, the seeds are used in
4 cases of inveterate itch and herpes ; formed into a paste with
5 moistened rice, they intoxicate fishes and birds. See Picrotoocin.
6 Cocul. Menisp. (II.) Boils. Colic. Diarrhoea. Fever,
7 with or without cough. Flatulency. Giddiness
8 with nausea or vomiting. Sub-acute pleurisy.
9 CoCCULUS PALMATUS, V. Columbo.
10 Coccus cacti, v. Coccinella.
11 Cocos nucifera — is officinal all over Hindostan, where itgrows.
12 Coc. nuc. corticis exterior Jibra (I.) i. e.9 the fibres
13 on the exterior of the cocoa-nut shell. Inflammation
14 of the throat (angina).
15 Cocos Sechei.larum. The sea-cocoa-nut is much used by
16 the Hakims, particularly to arrest vomiting and in cholera
17 morbus. When administered in small doses in cases of cholera,
18 it failed. This cocoa-nut is excessively hard ; and the Easterns
19 dissolve it by rubbing it, with a little water, on a hard stone.
20 Coc. nux Sechell. (II.) Vomiting.
21 Coffea Arabic a — was not in use at Lahore. Previous to
22 the arrival of the English, I procured coffee from Hindostan.
23 Coff. Ar. cruda (I.)
24 *Colchicum autumnale — is unknown in the East. What I
25 used was procured from a druggist in Agra, and was, probablv,
26 from England. Some European doctors are of opinion that
27 Colchicum Illyricum , i. e.9 the Hermodactylus of the ancients,
28 may be substituted for Meadow-saffron , but I question it.
29 Tinctura Colch. sem.9 in gout and rheumatism recom-
30 mended.
31 Colchic. aut . bulbus (II.) Acute rheumatic, wandering
32 or syphilitic pains. Piles.
33 Colchicum Illyricum, v. Hermodactylus.
34 Colla piscium, v. Ichtliyocolla.
35 Collodium — application has lately been recommended in in-
36 flamed hamiorrhoidal nodes, erysipelas, sore nipple, decubitus,
37 enteritis, gutta rosacea, opthalmia, gout, articular rheumatism, &c.