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2 Vaccineum — is the prepared virus of cow-pox. I prepared
3 it from the fresh lymph, taken immediately on a lump of sugar,
4 from a healthy young person ; after triturating it a few minutes,
5 I dissolved it in proof spirit, and kept it, like other animal
6 preparations, in a well-closed phial, in a dark place. The crusts
7 of the pustules of cow-pox have been recommended in hooping-
8 cough ; even vaccination proved beneficial.
9 Vaccineum (in.)
10 Vachellia Farnesiana, v. Acacia.
11 Valeriana Jatamansi, v. Nardostachys.
12 Valeriana sylvestris— is not known to the Lahore native
13 doctors. What I used was from an apothecary at Calcutta.
14 It has lately been recommended in strong doses against epilepsy.
15 Valer. sylv. radix (I.) Inflammation of the glands.
16 Lientery. Thoracic pain..
17 Vallisneria spiralis — is not officinal in medicine. The
18 Hindoos, in Hindostan, however, use this plant in the refining
19 of sugar, as the employment of animal charcoal is prohibited by
20 their religion. There are two species of Vallisneria, both of
21 which grow in tanks, or in marshy ground ; the one is called
22 masculine , the other feminine.
23 Vanilla aromatica — is unknown to the Eastern doctors.
24 I used an essence of Vanilla which had been prepared in Europe.
25 Vanill. arom. tinctura (I.)
26 Venle herba, v. Mentha sylvestris (ajfinis species.)
27 Veratuum album, Hellehorus alhus — is known to the
28 Hakims, from books, but is not used ; not being officinal in
29 Lahore, I had some from an apothecary of Hindostan.
30 Veratr. alb. radix (ii.) Fain in the umbilical region.
31 Veratrum Sabadilla, v. Sabadilla.
32 *Verbascum ( Thapsus ) — vegetates at Lahore, and still more
33 luxuriantly in the valley of Cashmere; but it is, I believe, very
34 seldom used either by the native or by European physicians.
35 This, as well as the black kind of mullein , is supposed to be nar-
36 cotic ; the seeds of both kinds are poisonous to fish.
37 Verbasci folia (I.)