... then followed by a cathartic. 24* 282 ANTHELMINTICS. COWHAGE—MUCUNA. What is this officinally ? The bristles of the pods of Mucuna pruriens, Doli- chos pruriens, or Cowitch, a climbing West ...

... DIV. II.] ANTHELMINTICS.—COWHAGE.—MALE FERN. 871 V. COWHAGE. MUCUNA. U. S., Bond., Ed. This consists of the bristles of the pods of MucUna pruriens (Doli- chos pruriens, Linn.), a perennial climbing plant ...

... only require to be mentioned. Hydrargyrum. | Stanni pulvis. | Mucuna pruriens— Seta. Metallic mercury is employed as a cathartic in alvine obstructions; while powdered tin and the hairs of the pods of cowhage are used as vermifuges. The first acts by ...

... cov- ered with short spicula like those of Mucuna pruriens, D. C. (Nat. ord. Leguminosae.) These spicula have been employed by Huebener as an anthelmintic. They operate in the same way as cowhage, and may be administered in the same manner ...

... the plant Cicuta virosa.J COW-ITCH, or COWHAGE. A sub- stance procured from the strong, brown stinging hairs, covering the legume of the Mucuna pruriens, and employed as a me- chanical anthelmintic. COWPER’S ...

... covered with short spiculae like those qf the Mucuna pruriens. These spiculae have been employed by Dr. Heubener of Beth- lehem, Pennsylvania, as an anthelmintic, and found to be efficacious. They operate in the same way as cowhage, and may be administered in the same manner ...

... riens, Dolichos, Stizolo'bium, Mucu'na pru'riens, Cowhage. Cowilch, Adsaria Pala. ... Siliqux hirsu'tx, Mucuna, (Ph. U. S.,) are the parts used in medicine. ...

... Muhina guaca is the Brazilian name of one MUCUNA—MUMPS, OR PAROTITIS. 899 species], a genius of papilionaceous Leguminosce. The hairs covering the legumes of the species M. pruriens and prurita are used as a mechanical anthelmintic, under the name of cowhage or cow-itch. The pods, being dipped into ...

... hard and stiff. MUCUNA.-Cowage. Setee siliqux hirsutee.- Cowhage, E ; Pols veins, Pois d gratter, Fr.; Kratzbohnen, Kuh- kriitze, G. The hairs of the pods of Mucuna (Dolichos, Linn^, Stizolobium, Persoon, Carpopagon, Poxburgh^ pruriens, De Candolle, s. Mucuna prurita, Hooker. Woodville, Med. Bot., ...

... hard and stiff. MUCUNA.-Cowage. Setse siliqux hirsutx.- Cowhage, E; Pois veins, Pois d gratter, Fr.; Kratzbohnen, Kuh- kratze, G. The hairs of the pods of Mucuna (Dolichos, Linne, Stizolobium, Persoon, Carpopagon, Roxburgh) pruriens, De Candolle, s. Mucuna prurita, Hooker. Woodville, Med. Bot., ...