General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Several species of Cycadaceae, which are allied to the Palmas, con-tain, in the cellular structure within Fig. stem, an abundance of starch,which may be separated in the samemanner as sago. These species areCycas circinalis, C. revoluta, and They furnish Japan sago,which, perhaps, never reaches GreatBritain or this country. (Pereira.). 21. Salep is not admitted into thepharmacopoeias of Great Britain orinto that of the United States. It isthe prepared roots of several orchi- deae, and is
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . Several species of Cycadaceae, which are allied to the Palmas, con-tain, in the cellular structure within Fig. stem, an abundance of starch,which may be separated in the samemanner as sago. These species areCycas circinalis, C. revoluta, and They furnish Japan sago,which, perhaps, never reaches GreatBritain or this country. (Pereira.). 21. Salep is not admitted into thepharmacopoeias of Great Britain orinto that of the United States. It isthe prepared roots of several orchi- deae, and is Sometimes Sold in pOW- Cycas revoluta, or ihe Japan Sago-tree. der. The salep of Cachmere is produced from a species of Eulophia ;that of Europe from native plants—Orchis mascula, 0. latifolia, &c. Itis possessed of similar properties with tapioca. Certain powders—termed Caslillon Powders, from the name of thephysician w7ho first employed them—have been prescribed in this coun-try, in cases of diarrhoea and dysentery ; and, as demulcents, have beenproductive of advantage. They are formed o^ sago, in powder; salep,in powder; tragacanth, in powder; of each, four parts; prepared oys- 390 SPECIAL DEMULCENTS. ter shells, one part; cochineal, half a part;—divided into powders ofone drachm each ; one of which is given three or four times a day. Theprepared oyster shells adapt them for certain forms of diarrhoea, (seeVol. ii. p.
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