(The tincture of the bulbous root of Scilla maritiraa.) Pound one hundred grains' weight of a recent bulb into a pap, adding gradually one hundred drops of alcohol ; dilute and mix this pap with five hundred drops of alcohol ; let the mix- ture stand a few days, and of the clear brownish tincture, which ought to be poured off previously, mix six drops with ninety-four drops of alcohol, shaking the two well together. This makes the first attenuation (lir,)- The following list of the symptoms of Scilla is not com- plete. I have added a few notes illustrative of the use of that drug. Large doses of Scilla act a fortnight. Murray and Tissot praise camphor as an antidote of Scilla ; this accords with my own experience. SCILLA MARITIMA. 157