See also:

• KOUSSO (Kosso or Cusso)

KOUSSO (Kosso or Cusso)  , a See also:

• DRUG
• DRUG (from Fr. drogue, a word common in Romance languages, cf. Span. and Ital. droga; the origin of the word is obscure, but may possibly be connected with Dutch droog, dry)

drug which consists of the panicles of the pistillate See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers of Brayera anthelmintica, a handsome rosaceous See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree 6o ft. high, growing throughout the table-See also:

• LAND

land of See also:

• ABYSSINIA (officially ETHIOPIA)

Abyssinia, at an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 3000 to 8000 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-Level . The drug as imported is in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of cylindrical rolls, about 18 in. in length and 2 in. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter, and comprises the entire inflorescence or panicle kept in form by a See also:

• BAND

band See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound transversely See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round it . The active principle is koussin or kosin, C31H33O1o, which is soluble in See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol and alkalis, and may be given in doses of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty grains . See also:

• KOUSSO (Kosso or Cusso)

Kousso is also used in the form of an unstrained infusion of- 4 to z oz. of the coarsely powdered flowers, which are swallowed with the liquid . It is considered to be an effectual vermifuge for See also:

• TAENIA (Gr. Tatyla, ribbon, fillet)

Taenia solium . In its anthelmintic See also:

• ACTION

action it is nearly allied to male See also:

• FERN (from O. Eng. fearn, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch varen, and Ger. Farn; the Indo-European root, seen in the Sanskrit parna, a feather, shows the primary meaning; cf. Gr. rmep6 , feather, rTepis, fern)

fern, but it is much inferior to that drug and is very rarely used in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain .