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2 dropsies, also against vomiting in pregnancy. Nutmeg is said
3 to be its antidote. See Strychnine.
4 Strych. nux com. (II.) Facial patches. Fever with
5 measles and swellings. Pain of the forehead. Pain
6 of the liver.
7 Spylophorum Nepalensis — is, probably, Meconopsis ( v .
8 Hoyle’s Illustr.) It vegetates on the Cashmerean mountains;
9 and is officinal at Cashmere. Its roots are said to be narcotic.
10 Styloph. Nep. radices (I.) Troubled sight.
11 Styrax Storaa ) calamita — also Styraoo liquida (Styraci-
12 Jtua ) or, liquid amber, are officinal at Lahore.
13 Siyraoo calamita (II.) Pain in the ear.
14 Sty race liquida (II.)
15 Suber (Gen. Suberis) v. Serpentis exuvice.
16 Suber ( Quercus ) — cork, in a prepared state, has, like every-
17 thing else, its peculiar properties, and may be used as a medicine.
18 Its active part is called suberin , which, in a pure state, is neces-
19 sarily more powerful than common cork, which I used.
20 Suber lignum (I.)
21 Succinum. Electrum — is officinal at Lahore. The Hakims
22 administer amber against palpitations and profuse haemorr-
23 hages.
24 Succin. citrinum (id
25 Sulajeet, v. Bitumen.
26 Sulphur — at Lahore, there are different sorts of brimstone;
27 some indigenous, others imported. From Mooltan we received a
28 blackish kind, in natural crystals, which, in the gunpowder
29 manufactory, was thought to be the best. For medicinal pur-
30 poses, the Hakims prefer Auliasar (Kibreet aonlasar) which
31 Dr. Hoyle says to be a compound ; but, I am of a different
32 opinion, because, it has the appearance of a natural crystal.
33 I think it is imported from Hindostan. There is another inferior
34 kind, which, I believe, is also the product of Hindostan, and is
35 called neerm el asar , at Lahore, where it is used medicinally. In
36 addition to these three, there is, at the Lahore bazaar, the
37 common yellow (purified) brimstone, from Hindostan, which is