A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . d grams (equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces). 086 A COMPANION TO THE Dose.—Fifty to seventy-five cubic centimeters (12 to 18 fluidrachms)of a cold infusion, several times daily, as a tonic ; as an emetic, thewarm infusion, ad libitum. Mays. Maize. Maidis Muctus; Indian Corn. Origin.—Zea Mays, Linne ( Gframinacew). Habitat.—North America ; cultivated. Part used.—The ripe fruit. Description.—Well-known cereal. Constituents.—See under Maidis Farina. Medicinal Uses-—As a diet and as an ingredient of poultices. MAIDIS FARINA. Corn Meal. The meal of t
A companion to the United States pharmacopia; . d grams (equal to about 17 U. S. fluidounces). 086 A COMPANION TO THE Dose.—Fifty to seventy-five cubic centimeters (12 to 18 fluidrachms)of a cold infusion, several times daily, as a tonic ; as an emetic, thewarm infusion, ad libitum. Mays. Maize. Maidis Muctus; Indian Corn. Origin.—Zea Mays, Linne ( Gframinacew). Habitat.—North America ; cultivated. Part used.—The ripe fruit. Description.—Well-known cereal. Constituents.—See under Maidis Farina. Medicinal Uses-—As a diet and as an ingredient of poultices. MAIDIS FARINA. Corn Meal. The meal of the ripe fruit of Zea Mays, Linne. There are two principal varieties, yellow and white corn meal,either of which may be used. It contains sixty-five per cent, starch, nine to ten per cent, nitro-genous substances, and six to seven per cent, fixed oil, besides sugar, cellulose, salts, and it contains more fatthan either oats, wheat, bar-ley, or rye. Corn meal is used formaking poultices and fordiluting mustard Maidis Amylum. Corn-Starch. The starch prepared fromthe ripe fruit of Zea Mays,Linne. The process for its prep-aration is analogous to thatFig. 379.—Corn Starch, magnified. by w}ijcn wheat-starch is manufactured. The granules are of comparatively uniform size, andabout one-third smaller than wheat-starch granules. They are of ratherirregular form, with indistinct layers, and generally a slit hilum. UNITED STATES PHARMACOPCEIA. 687 Corn-starch forms a beautifully white impalpable powder, which isinodorous and tasteless. Uses.—The same as the uses of lycopodium—to dust excoriatedsurfaces, and as a conspergative for pills, and troches. Excellent dietary preparations are made from corn-starch. Maidis Stigmata. Corn Silk. The glistening, thread-like, brownish-yellow stigmata of the nearlyripe fruit of the Indian corn. (See Mays.) Constituents.—No analysis. Medicinal Uses.—This substance is diuretic, and has been used inacute and chr
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