CORNUS FLORIDA.

C. Florida, L.

Natural order , Cornaceæ.

Common name , Dogwood.

Authority.

Inaug. Dissert., by John M. Walker, Philad., 1803, experiments on pulse.

30 grains pulv. cort. rad. Cor. flor.: Pulse 62, soft, natural at time of taking; 62, slight change (after five minutes); 63, full, heat at stomach (after ten and fifteen minutes); 65, quick and full (after twenty minutes); 66, full and strong (after twenty-five minutes); 68, full and strong (after thirty minutes); 69, tense (after thirty-five minutes); 70, flushed face (after forty minutes); 70, tense, heat increased (after forty-five to sixty minutes); 68, full, regular (after seventy-five and eighty-five minutes); 65, reduced in fulness (after ninety-five minutes); 63 (after one hundred and five minutes).

12 grains of the resin of Cor. flor.: Pulse 62, soft, natural at time of taking; 62, slight disgust (after five minutes); 61, nausea (after ten minutes); 61, in a slight degree quick and fuller (after twenty minutes); 63 (after twenty-five minutes); 63 (after thirty minutes); 66 (after thirty-five minutes); 68 (after forty minutes); 70 (after forty-five minutes); 72 (after fifty minutes); 73 (after fifty-five minutes); 71, slight headache (after sixty minutes); 69 (after sixty-five minutes); 67 (after (seventy minutes); 68, irregular (after seventy-five minutes); 65 (after eighty minutes); 63 (after eighty-five minutes); 60, small (after ninety-five minutes).

12 grains extract of Cor. flor.: Pulse 68, natural and soft, on taking the drug; 68, full (after five minutes); 69, and full (after ten minutes); 70 (after fifteen and twenty minutes); 72, agreeable heat (after twenty-five minutes); 73, tense and regular (after thirty and thirty-five minutes); 74, and regular (after forty minutes); 76 (after forty-five minutes); 77, fuller and tense (after fifty to sixty-five minutes); flushed face (after fifty-five and sixty minutes); 76, hard and tense (after seventy-five minutes).

12 grains of gum of Cor. flor.: Pulse 62, natural on taking the drug; 62, slight change in fulness (after five minutes); 63 (after ten minutes); 65, full (after fifteen minutes); 66, full (after twenty minutes); 67, full (after twenty-five minutes); 70, fuller and regular (after thirty, thirty-five, and forty minutes); 71, moderately tense (after forty-five minutes); 70, moderately tense (after fifty and fifty-five minutes); 69, moderately tense (after sixty and sixty-five minutes); 68, soft, but full (after seventy minutes); 64 (after seventy-five minutes).

2 ounces decoction of Cor. flor. r.: Pulse 66, natural, on taking; 67 (after five minutes); 68 (after ten and fifteen minutes); 70 (after twenty minutes); 72 (after twenty-five and thirty minutes); 77 (after forty minutes); 80 (after fifty minutes); increase in strength and fulness (after five to fifty minutes); 80, bounding (after sixty minutes); 78, slight pain in the head and flushing of the face (after seventy minutes); 77 (after seventy-five minutes); 74 (after eighty minutes); 73 (after ninety minutes); 67, quick and soft (after one hundred minutes).

2 ounces of infusion of Cor. flor. r.: Pulse 72, natural, on taking; 73 (after five minutes); 74 (after ten and fifteen minutes); 75, fuller (after twenty minutes); 76, fuller (after twenty-five minutes); 78, full and tense (after thirty minutes); 79 (after forty minutes); 81, full and tense (after fifty minutes); 84, full and tense (after sixty minutes); 84, strong (after seventy minutes); 83, strong (after seventy-five minutes); 81, strong (after eighty minutes); 79, flushing of face (after eighty-five minutes); 78 (after ninety minutes); 75 (after one hundred minutes).