Cornus Sericea

C. sericea, L.

Natural order , Cornaceæ.

Common name , Silky Cornel.

Authority.

Inaug. Dissert., John. M. Walker, Philad., 1803, experiments on pulse.

30 grains pulv. cort. rad. Cor. seri.: Pulse 70, naturally full, on taking; 72, quick, soft (after five minutes); 73, quick, soft (after ten minutes); 74, slight nausea (after fifteen minutes); 76, full (after twenty minutes); 76, nausea ceased (after twenty-five minutes); 78, full and tense (after thirty and thirty-five minutes); 79, full and tense, face red (after forty minutes); 79, regular, hard (after forty-five minutes); 78, full (after fifty, fifty-five, and sixty minutes); headache (after sixty minutes); 77, full (after seventy-five minutes).

12 grains of the resin of Cor. seri.: Pulse 72, natural, on taking; 72, small (after ten minutes); 73, considerable nausea (after fifteen minutes); 75 (after twenty minutes); 75, fuller (after twenty-five minutes); 76, full (after thirty minutes); 77, full (after thirty-five and forty minutes); 79, full, tense (after forty-five minutes); 80, full (after fifty minutes); 82, tense, regular, face flushed (after fifty-five and sixty minutes); 80, heat of the skin (after sixty-five minutes); 79, tense (after seventy and seventy-five minutes); 77, full and softer (after eighty minutes); 75 (after eighty-five minutes); 72 (after ninety-five minutes).

12 grains extract of Cor. ser.: Pulse 76, natural, on taking; 76, soft and full (after five minutes); 77 (after ten minutes); 78, anxiety (after fifteen minutes); 78, full and regular (after twenty minutes); 79 (after twenty-five minutes); 80, tense, face flushed (after thirty minutes); 81 (after thirty-five and forty minutes); 82 (after forty-five and fifty minutes); 80 (after fifty-five minutes); 79, diminished in hardness (after sixty and sixty-five minutes); 78 (after seventy-five minutes); 77 soft and full (after ninety-five minutes).

12 grains of gum of Cor. ser.: Pulse 64, natural, on taking; 65, full and regular (after five and ten minutes); 67 (after fifteen minutes); 67 and fuller (after twenty minutes); 68, fuller (after twenty-five minutes); 71, tense and strong (after thirty and thirty-five minutes); 72, tense and strong (after forty minutes); 73, tense and strong (after forty-five minutes); 71, slight change (after fifty minutes); 70, full (after fifty-five minutes); 69, full (after sixty minutes); 68, full (after sixty-five minutes); 68 (after seventy minutes); 67, natural (after seventy-five minutes).

2 ounces of decoction of Cor. ser. r.: Pulse 68, natural, on taking; 68 (after five minutes); fuller (after ten to forty minutes); 69 (after ten minutes); 70 (after fifteen minutes); 71 (after twenty and twenty-five minutes); 73 (after thirty minutes); 74 (after forty and fifty minutes); flushing of the face (after fifty minutes); 76 (after sixty minutes); 80, full and strong (after seventy minutes); 79 (after seventy-five minutes); 76, slight affection of the head (after eighty minutes); 73 (after ninety minutes); 70 (after one hundred minutes).

2 ounces of infusion of Cor. ser.: Pulse 76, natural, on taking; 76 (after five minutes); 79 (after ten minutes); 80 (after fifteen minutes); fuller (after fifteen to thirty minutes); 81 (after twenty minutes); 82 (after twenty-five minutes); 84 (after thirty and forty minutes); tense (after forty to seventy-five minutes); 85 (after fifty minutes); 87 (after sixty minutes); 85 (after seventy minutes); 84 (after seventy-five minutes); 82, heat of the skin (after eighty minutes); 79 (after eighty-five and ninety minutes); 77 (after one hundred minutes).