DRACONTIUM FOETIDUM
\dɹakˈɒnti͡əm fiːtˈɪdəm], \dɹakˈɒntiəm fiːtˈɪdəm], \d_ɹ_a_k_ˈɒ_n_t_iə_m f_iː_t_ˈɪ_d_ə_m]\
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This indigenous plant, as some of its names import, is extremely fetid. The property on which its medical virtues are dependent, resides in a volatile principle, which is impaired by long keeping, especially in powder. Dose, of the dried root, Dracontium, (Ph. U. S.,) ten to twenty grains. It resembles asafoetida and other fetid gums in its properties; in other words, belongs to the class of reputed antispasmodics.
By Robley Dunglison
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