. An analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science, for the use and examination of students. Anatomy; Physiology; Surgery; Obstetrics; Medicine; Materia Medica. ^4 MATERIA MEDICA. I it also has a tendency to the pelvic viscera generally; chiefly given in constipation, combined with soap, rhubarb, or colocynth. Dose, < as a laxative, 2 to 6 grs.; as a purgative, 10 to 15 grs. The ofH- j cinal preparations are the following: Pillulce aloes et, assafmtidce, I very useful in the constipation of old people; Pillidce aloes et myr- rhce, or Rufus' Pills; Pill. Rhei compositce; P
. An analytical compendium of the various branches of medical science, for the use and examination of students. Anatomy; Physiology; Surgery; Obstetrics; Medicine; Materia Medica. ^4 MATERIA MEDICA. I it also has a tendency to the pelvic viscera generally; chiefly given in constipation, combined with soap, rhubarb, or colocynth. Dose, < as a laxative, 2 to 6 grs.; as a purgative, 10 to 15 grs. The ofH- j cinal preparations are the following: Pillulce aloes et, assafmtidce, I very useful in the constipation of old people; Pillidce aloes et myr- rhce, or Rufus' Pills; Pill. Rhei compositce; Piilvis aloes etcanelke, ox hiera picra; Tinctura aloes; Tine. Aloes et iiiyrrlicB, or elixir proprietatis; Vinum aloes. Senna, (U. S.) Leaflets of different species of Cassia, as the C. acutifolia, C. oho- vata, C. elongata, C. ^thiopica, small shrubs growing in tropical Asia and Africa. Several commercial varieties: 1. India senna, the product of the C. elongata, grown in Arabia and Africa, and thence taken to India; leaflets long and narrow, intermingled with pieces of pods. 2. Tinnivelly senna ; probably from the same source as the preceding, but much longer and more distinct; very free from impurities, and highly esteemed. 3. Alexandria senna, product of the A. obovata and A. acutifalia, derived from Upper Egypt; it con- tains also the leaves of the Argol. 4. Tripoli senna, from the A, JEthiopica,—seldom now found in market. Fig. "^^^ The true senna leaves may be recognised by their oblique lower edges, and the inequality of their insertion into the footstalk; odour faint, but peculiar; taste, sweetish and nauseous; active principle catkariin. Senna is an active hydragogue cathartic; generally ad ministered in combination with manna, or the neutral salts, hifu sion made in the proportion of 3j to Oj. Its griping tendency ob viated by combining with aromatics, or the neutral salts. The fol. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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