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2 dissolved in milk, in cases of wasting and debility of the
3 genital organs. ,
4 Phcen. gummi. (II.)
5 Phcenix dactylifera, v. Dactylus.
6 Phosphorus — is unknown to the Eastern doctors. Great care
7 is necessary in using it. Phosphorus is recommended for
8 the destruction of rats and vermin. Por this purpose, it must
9 be mixed with hogs-lard, made of a proper consistence, with
10 flour and sugar, and flavored with the oil of aniseed. Phos-
11 phorus may be administered internally or externally in solution.
12 Phosphate of lime (better phosphate of soda ?) with cod-liver-oil
13 have been recommended in scrofula and consumption.
14 Phosphas sodce vel natricus (II.)
15 Phosph. acidum (II.) Pneumonia.
16 Phyllaxthus Embltca, v. Myrobalanus Emblica.
17 Physalis Alkekengi — its fruit ( Halicacabum ) the winter-
18 cherry is what the Easterns call K agn uj , The English have
19 given the name of Kagnuj to the Physalis fleoouosa , or
20 somnifera — or, is this the name of the plant in the lower parts
21 of Hindostan, in Bengal ? The winter-cherry is used by the
22 Hakims as a diuretic, and in ulceration of the urinary bladder.
23 It is said to be purgative, and is much used in veterinary medi-
24 cine. The winter-cherry has long been abandoned in European
25 nractice, and is now regarded as useless.
26 Physal. Alkekengi fructus (I.) is one of the best reme-
27 dies in Hemiplegia ! useful also in Pustules of the
28 head, etc.
29 Physalis flexuosa. Physalis somnifera — grows among
30 the ruins of the old city of Lahore. The Punjabees call the
31 plant a g s e n d — not, as stated by so many authors, as also
32 in the Bengal Dispensatory, asgend. A s g e n d (Usgund)
33 Nagouri, is a root officinal with the native doctors of the
34 Punjab, and is imported from Hindostan. The seeds I used,
35 \ under the name Physalis Jleocuosa semina , were not the seeds
36 of the Lahore plant, but those which had been imported from
37 Mooltan. They are kept by the druggists, who call them