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  1. ... ara or Nulliparous, nul-lip'ar-us (nullus, none, pario, to bring forth). One that has not brought forth any ...
  2. ... by direct contact with the metals), chiefly with reference to Chlorine, Bromine, and Iodine. (1.) None of these bodies are found in nature in ...
  3. ... and depurative, but, according to Prof. Maisch, this reference is incorrect. (See A. J. P., 1879.) t A smilax is cultivated in Jamaica as a sarsaparilla, but probably yields little or none of the Jamaica sarsapa- rilla of commerce. Its ...
  4. ... sours in stone cisterns, and by a pump bring up the liquid from the bottom and distribute it over the pieces. This system was perfectly effective if the cloth was well packed, so that none of it escaped the action of the acid; ...
  5. ... full information on the subject of the preparations, reference may be had to Pereira's Elements of Mat. Med. vol. ii. Several other species of poppy have been used in medicine, but none of them have attained any celebrity except the ...
  6. ... It.: Balsamo de Copayva, Sp. Gen. Ch. Calyx none. Petals four. Legume ovate. Seed one, with an ovate arillus. WiUd. Copaiba was first noticed in a work published by Purchas, in England, in 1625. The next reference to it was by Cristoval d’Acuna, in ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - Chemistry of the carbon compounds, or, Organic chemistry 
    Publication: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston, Son & Co., 1886
    ... 10 parts of water, add 1 Part alcohol, bring the whole to 6o-8o°, and gradually introduce ... explosive mixture with air. When inhaled, ether vapor brings about unconsciousness. Hoffmann's Anodyne is a mixture of ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - The London medical dictionary: including, under distinct heads, every branch of medicine, viz.... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White ; William Brown, printer, 1819
    ... a tall pod bearing tree in Malabar, tabernemontanu citrifolia Lin. Sp. PI. 308; used in various disorders. ... PUERPERIUM, (from puer, a child, and pario, to bring forth). Delivery. Much care is usually ne- cessary ...
  9. ... pi. 18 in Abyssinia as possibly identical. Morinda citrifolia of Tropical shores from the Seychelles and Hindustan ... 103, Piper geniculatwn 126, Commelyna tuberosa 253, Ficus citrifolia 81-2, Tournefortia bicolor 292, Convolvulus {Batatas) littoralis ...
  10. ... coloring matter, occurring in the root of Morinda citrifolia, which is called Soranjee in the East Indies. ...
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