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2 or, native blister-fly of East India, abounds also at Lahore. In
3 their fresh state, or as an Essence with Spirit or Vinegar, they
4 act more powerfully than the Spanish blistering-flies, containing
5 more cantharadine than the cantharides themselves. The
6 natives of Hindostan know their anti-hydrophobic properties,
7 and use them in cases of bites of mad dogs. As a blistering
8 agent they are not used, because blistering is not resorted to by
9 the natives, who prefer the cauterium actuate, or burning with
10 red-hot iron.
11 Meloe Telini (II.) Tinctura (III.)
12 Mklongena, Solanum — is cultivated in Hindostan, Cabul,
13 Cashmere, etc., as also in some of the warm countries of Europe,
14 for culinary purposes. The Hakims ascribe to the fruit of the
15 egg-plant the property of producing dyspepsia and constipation.
16 It is also said, that it is noxious to persons attacked by the plague.
17 Melong. semina (I.) Headache. Inguinal pain. Sore-
18 ness of the fauces.
19 Menispermum Cocculus, v. Cocculus Menispermum.
20 Menispermum cordifolium, v. Menispermum glabrum —
21 its roots, stems, and fecula, are officinal at Lahore ; the latter,
22 called Set g i 1 o u, is, probably, the Palo of Bengal. See
23 Beng. Disp. p. 199.
24 Menisp. gl. caulis (I.) Diarrhoea. Indian leprosy:
25 Nasal bleeding. Pain in the shoulder. Scalding
26 urine. Spermatorrhoea.
27 Menisp. fcecula (I.) Fever. Impotency. Spermatorr-
28 hoea.
29 Menispermum hirsutum — grows at Lahore, where it is
30 officinal.
31 Menisp. Mrs. lierba (I.) Cardialgia. Diarrhoea.
32 * Mentha piperita — this plant is not known in the East,
33 only the peppermint essence is to be met with, introduced from
34 England. This is much used by Mahomedans as well as
35 Europeans.
36 Menth. pip. tinctura (I.) Dry mouth.
37 *Mentha sylvestris (aff. spec.) Vena — perhaps Mentha