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BORAX VENETA borx Borax is the biborate of soda. As a medicine, it won its first laurels in the nursery, where it has long been used in the treatment of

BERBERIS VULGARIS berb Berberis vulgaris belongs to the order BERBERIDACEAE, along with Caulophyllum and Podophyllum. It contains an alkaloid called BERBERINA, which, by the way, is also found in Hydrastis Canadensis. Some

BELLADONNA bell Belladonna or the deadly nightshade was known to the medical world as early as 1500 A.D. The Venetians named the plant ” HERB A BELLA DONNA,” from the circumstance that the

BARYTA CARBONICA bar-c Barium and strontium are very closely related to each other chemically. Of the elements themselves we have no provings. The carbonates of these have, however, been proved,

BAPTISIA TINCTORIA bapt I have selected for our study today a member of the leguminous plants, BAPTISIA TINCTORIA, or the wild indigo. It is a drug which has a short history,

AURUM METALLICUM aur Aurum is a remedy of not very extensive application, but still it is well marked in its limited sphere. Its antidotes are principally HEPAR, BELLADONNA, and MERCURIUS. I am

Asafoetida asaf ASAFOETIDA is a gum having a decided odor of an alliaceous kind. It is especially useful in two classes of disease: First, in nervous diseases developing a perfect type