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2 Zincum iodatum amygdalatum (III.) Deafness. Fever.
3 Sciatica. Sub-acute arsenical disease. Syphilis.
4 Zincum sulphuricum. Zinci sulphas cum aqua — is a pre-
5 paration unknown to the native doctors at Lahore. Sulphate of
6 Zinc has been proposed as an antiseptic . The following
7 topical astringent remedy has been recommended in sprains,
8 contusions — with or without wounds — in fractures with tume-
9 faction and effusion of blood, in erysipelas, incipient whitlow,
10 and various ulcers. Take alum and sulphate of iron, of each
11 500 parts; sal ammoniac, sulphate of zinc and oxyde of copper,
12 of each 30 parts. The whole to be fused by a gentle heat. A
13 small piece is to be dissolved in water, and a cloth dipped in the
14 solution to be placed over the part affected. My Jerahs (native
15 surgeons) at Lahore, to whom I gave this recipe, greatly eulo-
16 gized its effects, and used it extensively in the affections above
17 named ; also as collyrium in ophthalmia, as a clyster in diarrhoea,
18 and as injection in fistula lachrymale, otitis purulenta, gonorrhoea
19 secundaria, etc.
20 Zinci sulph. (II.) Epilepsy. Obscurity of vision.
21 Mercurial-syphilis. (Alternately iod. amygd.) Sy-
22 philis.
23 Zingiber officinarum — is officinal at Lahore, being a
24 product of Hindostan and the Punjab. The Hakims administer
25 ginger in dyspepsy, diarrhoea, lienterv, atony of the genital
26 organs ; they assert that it is in its effects sometimes injurious to
27 the head. Frictions with tincture of ginger has been recom-
28 mended in myopia.
29 Zingih. off', radix (I.) Hemicrania. Painful swellings
30 of the feet.
31 Zingiber uecens— is sold at the Lahore bazaar during the
32 cold season, being a favorite spice with the natives; this, how-
33 ever, is a fibrous kind which is good for culinary purposes, but
34 is not fit for conserve.
35 Zingih. recentis radix (I.)
36 ZiZYi'iius — there are at Lahore different species of jujube
37 trees, some cultivated, others growing wild ; they bear their