An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . acilis. A species theirritated glands of which have properties like those of JV. phyllam-phora, [Froc. of the Am. Pharm. Assoc, xxv (a. 46).]— Ventricose pitcher-plant; a species the glandsin the petioles of which, when irritated by the entrance of an in-sect, secrete, like those of other species of the genus, an acid fluidcontaining a true vegetable pepsin. [Proc. of the Am.
An illustrated encyclopædic medical dictionaryBeing a dictionary of the technical terms used by writers on medicine and the collateral sciences, in the Latin, English, French and German languages . acilis. A species theirritated glands of which have properties like those of JV. phyllam-phora, [Froc. of the Am. Pharm. Assoc, xxv (a. 46).]— Ventricose pitcher-plant; a species the glandsin the petioles of which, when irritated by the entrance of an in-sect, secrete, like those of other species of the genus, an acid fluidcontaining a true vegetable pepsin. [Proc. of the Am. , xxv (a, 46).] NEPETA (Lat), n. f. Nepet-a. Fr.,cataire. Ger., Katzen-minze. 1. Catnep, ground ivy ; a genus of labiate plants. TheNepetarice of Reichenbach are a subdivision of the Leioschizocar-picoe, including the Mentheoe, Origaneoe, and Nepeteoe. The Nepe-teoB are: Of Sprengel, an order of the Labiatce; of Bentham andothers, a tribe of the Labiatce; of Endlicher, a subtribe (in errorfor Lavanduleai) of the Ocimoidem. The Nepetidce of Lindley are atribe of the Ocimeoe. 2. The species N. cataria. [B, 19, 34, 42, 121,170,173, 180 (a, 35).]—N. cataria. Fr., herbe au chat, menthe de. NEPETA CATARIA. [A, 327.] chat, cataire. Ger., gemeine Katztnminze. Common catnep (orcatnip, or catmint), nep, neps; an erect hoary-tomentous herbgrowing about old buildings, fences, etc., in Europe and in theUnited States, where it is perhaps naturalized. The herb, herbanepetoe, which has a strong odor and a pungent, aromatic, bitter,and slightlyoamphoraceous taste, was formerly used as an excit-ant, tonic, antispasmodic, and enlnienagogue. It is now rarely usedexcept empirically in amenorrhoea, chlorosis, hysteria, and the flatu-lent colic of infants. It contains a volatile essential oil. [B, 5, .34,173,180, 275 (a, 35).]—N. citriodora. A species having a balmy, lemon-like odor ; used externally in stimulating baths and internally as anemmenagogue. [B, 180 (a,35); L, 105(a,46).]—N. g
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