1 Cashmere, where it grows. See B. Disp. p. 254. “ Geraniacece ;
2 none have been used in medicine, with the exception of one or
3 two species, which are extremely astringent ; remedies of this
4 kind are so abundant in India, that it is unnecessary to introduce
5 any from this order.” — Remarkable passage !
6 Geran. nod. radix (I.) Inflation. Soreness of the mouth.
7 Geum, elatum Wall., Geum humile Walp. — the root of
8 this plant, officinal at Cashmere, grows in the mountains as
9 well as in the valley, and is one of the most valuable of remedies.
10 See, the British Flora Medica , Vol. I. p. 37; “ the root of Avens
11 is astringent, tonic, and antiseptic, but it is undeservingly
12 neglected in modern practice.”
13 Gei elati radix (I.) Bleeding at the nose. Boils. Diarr-
14 hoea. Dysentery. Ophthalmia. Pleurodynia. Sore-
15 throat. Swelling of the cervical glands.
16 Glacies — application of a mixture of ice and salt, produces
17 for two or three minutes insensibility of a part, and can in some
18 instances be used instead of chloroform.
19 Glacies marine, v. Talcum.
20 *Glaucium citrinum; Gl. phceniceum Crantz — the root of
21 this plant, is supposed to constitute the M ameer an of the
22 Eastern doctors. (v. M ameer an) Glaucium is a mountain-
23 plant, bearing large round leaves ; the flowers are similar to
24 those of the corn-poppy.
25 Glinus dict amnoides — this plant I received from the hills.
26 Glin. dictamn. herba (I.) Catarrh. Pain in the joints.
27 Tenesmus.
28 Glycerine — (the sweet principle of the various oils) has been
29 lately recommended in deafness.
30 Glycyrrhtza glabra, v. Liquiritia.
31 Gmelia Asiatica — its root is officinal at Lahore.
32 Gmel. Asiat. radix (I.) Diarrhoea. Quotidian ague.
33 Gossypium herbaceum — this plant is cultivated all over the
34 Punjab. What a wonderful thing Cotton is, in manufacture,
35 in arts, and in medicine, is well-known. In scalds, burns, ery-
36 sipelas, whitlow, &c. cotton is applied ; but, the seeds of it, have
37 never been fairly tested in medicine ! An Emulsion of cotton-