It    is    much    employed    on    the    Continent,


and  is  given  in  a  great  variety  of  diseases
— amaurosis,  chlorosis,  convulsions,  diarrhoea,
dysentery,  gout,  paralysis,  rheumatism,  &c.
It  is  much  used  in  Germany,  instead  of  bark,
in  intermittents,  putrid  fevers,  and  gangrene.
In  France  it  is  commonly  employed  as  an
excito-tonic  in  paralysis.  It  has  been  greatly
extolled,  as  a  restorative,  and  in  bruises  and
injuries  from  falls.  The  Savoyards  and  inhabi-
tants of  the  Vosges  both  smoke  and  '  snufE '
the  leaves.  In  England  it  is  little  used  except
by  homoeopaths.  It  is  said  that  no  animal
but  the  goat  will  eat  this  plant.  (Thomson.)
Its  noxious  properties  chiefly  depend  on  the
presence  of  cytisine. — Dose.  Flowers,  5  to  10
gr.,  in  powder,  with  syrup  or  honey ;  root,  10
to  20  gr.  It  is  most  conveniently  adminis-
tered under  the  form  of  infusion  or  tincture.
Severe  abdominal  pains  and  vertigo,  and  even
tetanus  and   death,  have  followed   excessive


Obs.  According  to  Dupuytren,  the  emetic
action  of  infusion  of  arnica  depends  on  mi-
nute particles  of  the  down  of  the  plant  which
remain  suspended  in  it,  and  which  may  be
removed  by  filtration.  See  Ineusions,  Tinc-
TUEE3,  &c.
AENATT'O,  Arnott'o.     See  Annotta.
AE'NICIIIE  (seen).  This  name  has  been  ap-
plied to  two  substances — the  one  discovered
by  PfafE;  the  other  by  fiastick  : —

Arnicine  (of  Pfaff').  The  resinous  matter
extracted  by  alcohol  from  the  roots  and  flowers
of  mountain  arnica,  and  in  which  their  acridity
appears  to  reside.
Arnicine  (of  Bastick).  Syn.  Abnioi'na,
Aenici"a  (nish'-y'a),  L.  Frep.  1.  (Bastick.)
From  the  flowers,  by  a  similar  process  to  that
by  which  he  obtains  lobelina.  2.  From  the
flowers  (or  root),  as  directed  under  Aeicina.
