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Show 49 SAFFRON. in producing the menses, lochia, or foetus, and in jaundic e, it is beneficial, Applied to the forehead it has removed phrensy , mania, and headach, arising from a cold phlegmatic habit; in syncope andpalpitation of the heart, externally applied , it has strengthened these; applied on paralyti c and hardened limbs, it has wonderfully confirmed them; and, mixed with rose water, it has benefited bad eyes in the small-pox. It has also been found of service in the colic.” I could mention other virtues: Homerus (Iliad. £. ver. 347), describens concubitum Jovis et Junonis, tellurem finxit produx. isse varios flores venereos, et inter hos crocam.—Hoff man. But to use the words of the poet, Nec poteris croci dotes numerare, nec usus. Tis many imaginaryvirtues *!! PREPARATIONS, The Royal London College have thought fit only to order a syrup. Syrup or Sarrron. (Syrupus Croci.) Take of Saffron, an ounce; ——— boiling distilled water, a pint: Macerate for twelve hours in a clos e vessel, and dissolve the Sugarin a stra ined liquor. The dose is from two to thre e drachms in some cinnam on water, or camphorated mixture, aeera FLORENTINE IRIS. IRIS FLORENTINA. Class WT. Triandria. OrderI. Monogynia, Essent. Gen. Cuar. Corolla six-parted ; the alternate petals reflexed: Stigmas petal-form. Spec. Car. Corolla barbed: alternate petals reflexed: Leaves cruciform , smooth, shorter thanthe scape. l * Although I shail often h ave occasion to a ridicule the supposed tT many plants, whose virtues effects are so frequently exaggerated, and which oftentimes do not Xist , still IT cou Id wish rathe r that we should enlarge than curtail o Ww " shor } to t- list of medi.cal plants. Res pecting the power of r [ +r Safi on to prod 1, are uce >]immoderat e laughter ,in thos e who’ take j it, Ama IY Diosrorides, tus says oes Vidimnes mercatorem, q "cum plures croci sarculas multum ex illo in ol am, emisset, carnes jurulentas pro Ceena continentem inje post earum cisset, esumM, m in tam intensum et vehrme ntem risu m incidisse, ut non multum ab fnerit quin ris u t cachinno e vita discesserit, Hoffman giv himsel i g es us tim selff an an ins ; tan anc ce, Nos, ait, i nx »bilem foeminam Triden‘i vidimus, horaru m circiter bium non trium spatio, immodico risu concuti. st, se plu 1S Croci Dusumsisse mortua esse t, p. 201 It is remarkable tha t a tinctur drawn with strong spirits, and ratese d to y the consistence of hon evapoey ’y Appears smooth lik e oil, and yet mix easily with water es without precipitatio n; therefore it mus some saline maiter, t abound with whjech ma kes all its nailer, whi parts so easil y mix With spirits, This with water and merit trial. Boerha ave re ports that Should not this als he used the extract. o be tried as wel] as its fragrantessenti al oil ? ‘ DESe See 2 ak (SS DESCRIPTION, Tus plant hasits leaves grassy andflag-shaped, andits flowers formedof three upright petals and three expandedreflexed petals, having the pistillum with a petaloid stigma, artfully conceal ing the three stamina, HISTOR. This is a perennial plant, a native of the south of Europe. The dried root is imported from Italy. It is white, flattish, knotty, and has a very slightly bitter taste, and an agreeab le smell resembling that ofviolets. Neumann got from 480 parts, 77 alcoholic and afterwards 100 watery extract; and inversely, 180 watery and 8 alcoholi c. The distilled water smells a little of the root, but exhibits no appearance of oil. It is chiefly used as a perfume. |