POLYPODIUM FILIX MAS
\pˌɒlɪpˈə͡ʊdi͡əm fˈɪlɪks mˈas], \pˌɒlɪpˈəʊdiəm fˈɪlɪks mˈas], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ_p_ˈəʊ_d_iə_m f_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_k_s m_ˈa_s]\
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The rhizoma of this plant, Filix Mas, Ph. U. S., has been much extolled as an anthelmintic, and in eases of taenia. It was the basis of a once celebrated remedy-Madame Nouffer's-but, perhaps, more of the efficacy was to be attributed to the active purgatives by which it was followed than to the fern. Dose, of the powdered solid part of the root; followed in the morning by a strong cathartic of camboge or jalap. An ethereal extract has been proposed by Dr. Peschier, of Geneva.
By Robley Dunglison
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