2700. Assafcetida is an anti-spasmodic, expectorant, excitant, and anthelmintic.

Used internally, it is extremely useful in dyspepsia, flatulent colic, hysteria, and nervous diseases; and where there are no inflammatory symptoms, it is an excellent remedy in hooping-cough and asthma.

Used locally as an enema, it is useful in flatulent colic, and convulsions that come on through teething.

Doses of various preparations: Solid gum, from ten to twenty grains, as pills; mixture, from half an ounce to one ounce; tincture,from fifteen minims to one drachm; ammoniated tincture, from twenty minims to one drachm.

Caution. Never give it when inflammation exists.

2701. Galbanum is stimulant, antispasmodic, expectorant, deobstruent.

Used externally, it assists in dispelling indolent tumours when spread upon leather as a plaster, and is useful in weakness of the legs from rickets, being applied as a plaster to the loins.

Used internally, it is useful in chronic or old-standing rheumatism and hysteria.

Doses of preparations: - Of the gum, from ten to thirty grains as pills; tincture, from fifteen minima to one drachm. It may be made into an emulsion with mucilage and water.

2702. Valerian is a powerful anti spasmodic, tonic, and excitant, acting chiefly on the nervous centres.

Used internally, it is employed in hysteria, nervous languors, and spasmodic complaints generally It is useful in low fevers.

Doses of various preparations: -Powder, from ten grains to one drachm, three or four times a day; tincture, from two to four drachms; ammoniated tincture, from one to two drachms; infusion, from two to three ounces, or more.

2703. Bark, or, as it is commonly called, "Peruvian bark," is an antispasmodic, tonie, astringent, and stomachic.

Used externally, it is an excellent detergent for foul ulcers, and those that heal slowly.

Used internally, it is particularly valuable in intermittent fever or ague, malignant measles, dysentery, diarrhoea, intermittent rheumatism, St. Vitus' dance, indigestion, nervous affections, malignant sore throat, erysipelas; and its use is indicated in all cases of debility.

Doses of its preparations: - Powder, from five grains to two drachms, mixed in wine, water, milk, syrup, or solution of liquorice; infusion, from one to three ounces; decoction, from one to three ounces; tincture and compound tincture, each from one to three drachms.

Caution. - If it causes oppression at the stomach, combine it with an aromatic; if it causes vomiting, give it in wine or soda-water; if it purges, give opium; and if it constipates, give rhubarb.

2704. AEther (sulphuric), is given internally as an anti-spasmodic in difficult breathing and spasmodic asthma; also in hysteria, cramp of the stomach, hiccough, locked jaw, and cholera.

It is useful in checking sea-sickness.

Dose, from twenty minims to one drachm.

Caution. - An over-dose induces ape plectic symptoms.

2705. Camphor is given internally as an anti-spasmodic in hysteria, cramp in the stomach, flatulent colic, and St. Vitus' dance.

Dost, from two to twenty grains.

2706. Opium is employed internally in spasmodic affections, such as cholera, spasmodic asthma, hooping-cough, flatulent colic, and St. Vitus' dance.

Dose, from one-sixth of a grain to two grains of the solid opium, according to the disease.