Piscidia

(pis-id' -e-ah). Jamaica Dogwood; the bark of P. erylhrina. Its active principle is thought to be a glucosid, piscidin. It resembles opium in its physiologic properties, which, (however, are much le intense and without unpleasant and It is useful in whooping-cough r-results. Dose neuralgia, but sometimes causes gastric distre . fid. ext. cautiously indie (proprietary) Unof. See Viburnum . creased. Liquor sedans. (pis-id'-in), Piscidin A crystalline body, the active principle of Its action is chiefly on the spinal cidia erythrina. It is said to paralyze the sensory ganglia, and to excite the motor ganglia; it also depre es the heart.