Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom.

  • General Medical Council.
Date:
1900
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Credit: Indian and colonial addendum to the British pharmacopoeia 1898 / published under the direction of the General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and 50) derived from Citrus Aurantium, var. Bigaradia, Hooh. f. On its inner surface there should only be a^ very small amount of the white spongy portion of the pericarp. In the under-mentioned divisions of the Empire, Indian Orange Peel, Iresh or dried, may be employed in making the oflScial preparations for which Fresh or Dried Bitter-Orange Peel is directed to be used. India. Easteen Colonies. AZADIKACHTA INDIOA. Indian Azadirach. Synonyms—Neem Bark, Margosa Bark. The dried bark of the stem of Melia Azadirachta, Linn. [Bentl. and Trim., Med. PI. vol. i. plate 62]. Characters.—Externally of a rusty-grey colour, internally yellowish, and much foliated ; coarsely fibrous ; inodorous, bitter and slightly astringent; structure and thickness varying according to age. India. Easteen Colonies. BEL.^E FRUOTUS. Bael Fruit. The fresh half-ripe fruit of .®gle Marmelos, Correa [Bentl. and Trim., Med. PI. vol. i. plate 55]. Characters.—Fruit about three inches (seven or eight centimetres) in diameter, globular, ovoid, or pyriform, with a firm woody nearly smooth rind. The fruit has ten to fifteen cells, each cell containing several compressed woolly seeds. Rind about one-eighth of an inch (three millimetres) thick, firm, and covered with a nearly smooth pale brown or greyish firmly adherent epicai*p. The pulp is juicy, becoming hard and brittle on drying and acquiring an orange-brown or cherry-red colour externally; it has a faint aromatic odour, and its taste is mucilaginous, slightly acid, and faintly astringent. India. Easteen Colonies.