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418 DENTAL MEDICINE.

a wine-glassful of water every three hours with excellent effects
;
it is harmless. For membranous croup, after spraying the nose,
throat, larynx and pharynx copiously every two hours or so with
a mixture of peroxide of hydrogen with 4 to 6 ounces of water,
the membranes are destroyed, and then one teaspoonful of gly-
cozone, diluted in a wine-glass of water and given three times a
day, will prevent any disturbance of the stomach, and will regu-
late the bowels. In ulceration and chronic inflammation of the
intestines, great benefit is derived from enemata consisting of
glycozone 5ji and lukewarm water .5xij, prepared just before
using; also in fistula-in-ano and rectal ulcerations glycozone oj
and lukewarm water 5j, administered once or twice daily, will
produce good results. For leucorrhcea, the vagina is first washed
with peroxide of hydrogen one part and water four parts, when
glycozone is applied on small rolls of lint, or absorbent cotton,
and the procedure repeated twice daily.
Dental Uses.—Glycozone is employed for all forms of inflam-
mation and ulceration of the oral mucous membrane, and in
ulcerative stomatitis frequent applications prove very beneficial.
It is also considered to be useful in the chronic form of alveolar
abscess in the form of an injection composed of glycozone and
lukewarm water.
HAMAMELIS.
WITCH HAZEL.
Source.—Hamamelis Virginica is an indigenous shrub, com-
mon to all parts of the United States and Canada, and usually
found in stony places and on the banks of streams. The bark
and leaves are the medicinal portions.
Medical Properties and Action.—It is tonic, astringent, sedative,
and anodyne. The bark has a bitter, astringent, and somewhat
sweetish and pungent taste, and was first employed by the In-
dians as a sedative and discutient application, in painful tumors
and other cases of superficial inflammation. The bark contains
from eight to ten per cent, of tannic acid, and also a bitter prin-
ciple.
Therapeutic Uses.—Hamamelis Virginica, although not until