1 Royleana , or, Mentha viridis of the Beng. Disp. ? it grows
2 in the hills of Cashmere, where it is officinal.
3 Mercurialia — preparations of mercury; only two, so far as
4 I am aware, that are officinal with the natives of Lahore, both of
5 them prepared in Hindostan ; one is Darshi kna, the other
6 Ruskupoor (Reshkupoor). The former, which is but
7 seldom used, is similar to our corrosive sublimate. The latter,
8 which is a kind of submuriate of mercury or calomelas, is
9 extensively used in syphilitic diseases. For their preparation,
10 see Beng. Pharm. p. 342.
11 Merc . Darshikna an.) Salivation.
12 Merc. Ruskupoor (II.) Alternately (m. and e.) with
13 Iod. in almond-oil, syphilis acute and chronic ;
14 alternately with Curcuma longa , or Ebenum ,
15 chronic syphilis.
16 Mercurius fulminans (in.)
17 Mercurius pr^ecipitatus ruber (III.)
18 Mercurius solubilis Hahnemanni (II.)
19 Mercurius sublimatus corrosivus (in.) Pneumonia.
20 Salivation.
21 Mercurius vivus — is to be met with everywhere, and is
22 used by the natives as well as by Europeans, internally and
23 externally. Mercurial salivation (from its external use, as an
24 ointment) snatches a dysenteric patient from the grave (Ainslie).
25 Mercurial inunctions are recommended in hydrophobia. Black
26 sulphuret of mercury has been recommended in typhus fever.
27 Merc. viv. (I.) Swelling of the testicles. Ulceration of
28 the mouth, fauces, and throat. In combination with
29 Croton T. Syphilitic arthritis.
30 M esua feruea — its flowers are officinal at Lahore ; and are
31 brought from the hills.
32 Mes. ferr. f lores (I.)
33 Methonica g lokiosa — its roots I received from the hills.
34 They are long shaped, tuberculous, some of them not thicker
35 than a finger, and remarkable for preserving their fresh and
36 soft state for several months, without any change in the texture,