Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant. Authorities. (Nos. 1 to 6 , from Franz, Archiv fur Hom., 7, part 3.) 1 , Dr. Franz, took the first day 8 drops tincture, in water; the second, third, and fifth days each 12 drops, in the morning; 2 , a woman, aged twenty-nine, took 8 drops in water, one dose; 3 , "Sd.," a man took 5 drops; 3 a , same, fourteen days later, took 15 drops; 3 b , same, nine days later, took 20 drops; 3 c , same, took within twelve hours 60 drops; 4 , Stapf, symptoms observed in a healthy woman; 5 , Ephem. Nat. Cur., Dec. III, ann. 2, Obs. 87, effects of the roots of R. palustris (?) (bulbosus), cooked with chicken-broth; 6 , Krapf, experimenta de nounull, Ranunc. ven. qualitate, Viennae, 1766, effects of applying the flowers and leaves to warts.