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2 blistering ; and is recommended chiefly in chronic rheumatism,
3 gouty affections, paralysis, &c. In France and Russia it is used
4 in Ophthalmy. May not Sunnerkat , from Cashmere, have
5 similar properties. (?)
6 Daphne Sunnerkat. (II.)
7 *Daronica. Doronicum scorpioides Linn — is used by Arabian
8 and Indian doctors. The Hakims administer it against palpita-
9 tion of the heart, bites of serpents, flatulency, pain in the womb,
10 &c. and the Hindoos believe that if but worn next the skin, it will
11 facilitate delivery. See Vol. I. p. 84. Strychnos Faba St. Ignatii.
12 Daron. radix (I.) Costiveness. General debility.
13 Datisca Cannabina — is abundant in the valley of Cashmere.
14 The bark of the root of this plant is used there as a dye.
15 Datisc. Cannab. radicis cortex # semen (I.) The
16 former : Dryness of the tongue. Inflammatory
17 swellings. Pain in the knee. Toothache. The
18 latter: Syphilitic ulcer.
19 Datura martis. — A combination of iron and daturine, I use
20 under the denomination datura martis. When a solution of
21 sulphate of iron (green vitriol) is added to an infusion of the
22 prickly apple-seeds (I used semina Daturce Fatuosa) a precipitate
23 is the result, which, when dried, is the above-mentioned medicine.
24 Datura mart. (in.) Headache. Hemicrania.
25 ♦Datura Strammonium — vegetates not in India; but, in its
26 stead Datura fatuosa <gr alba , which have very similar proper-
27 ties, grow all over Hindostan. Their leaves, seeds and roots, are
28 used by the natives. Daturin , see Tabacum.
29 Daturae Jlores, folia # semina (II.) The former two,
30 in a fresh state: Hemaralopia. The last : Vertigo,
31 Convulsions.
32 *Daucus Cabota, v. Carota
33 D e a I, s i n g — is the name of a certain Hindoo of the hills,
34 from whom I obtained many of the mountain products of the
35 lower range, and those which my experiments have not enabled
36 me to ascertain fully, but which I may yet live to examine still
37 further, I have retained under the appellation Dealsing —