The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t1.2
The Materia Medica of the Hindus, compiled from Sanskrit Medical Works c4.s7.t1.2
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c4.s7.t1.2
WHITE Arsenic is sold in the bazars under the names of Sunka bish, Suffed sambul and Darumuch. It is purified by being soaked in lemon juice or the juice of the plantain tree. It is chiefly used in fever, for which it is now preferred to the other compounds of arsenic, and is employed alone as also in a great variety of combinations. The following are a few illustrations.