PISCIDIA.
Piscidia erythrina, L.
Natural order
, Leguminosæ.
Common name
, Jamaica dogwood.
Preparation
, Tincture from the bark of the
root, obtained while the tree is in flower, before leaf.
Authority.
William Hamilton, Pharm.
Journ., 1845, p. 76, took a drachm of tincture in some water, for a
toothache.
MOUTH.
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The bark, on being chewed, gives out an unpleasant acrimony, similar to
that of the mezereon.
SLEEP.
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A sleep the most profound that I ever experienced, arrested me so
abruptly, that I remained motionless for the whole night, with the
uncorked vial in one hand, and the glass out of which I had taken the
dose in the other, until after the sun was high above the horizon on the
following morning, a space of twelve good hours, when I first returned
to consciousness, free from every pain or ache, and without any of those
unpleasant sensations which invariably succeed to an overdose of Opium.
FEVER.
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Violent sensation of heat, which gradually increased in intensity
(soon); the sensation of burning gradually extended itself to the
surface, and while I was considering what antidote I ought to employ, a
profuse diaphoresis burst out from every pore.® 2000
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