COCCULUS INDICUS

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COCCULUS INDICUS , the commercial name for the dried fruits of Anamirta Cocculus (natural

order

Menispermaceae), a large climbing

shrub

SHRUB

, native to

India

INDIA
INDIA, FRENCH

. It contains a

bitter

BITTER, KARL THEODORE
FRANCIS
(1867– )

poisonous principle, picrotoxin, used in small doses to

control

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a
counter
- COUNTER
roll
- ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
- ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )
or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in
English
- ENGLISH
of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

the night sweats of

phthisis

PHTHISIS (Gr. 49Lnns " wasting ")

. It was formerly known as Levant nut and Levant shell, owing to the fact that it was brought to Europe by way of the Levant.

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