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Physician's Materia Medica on Manna

MANNA
   Saccharine exudate from FRAXINUs ORNUS. Lin. Aperient, mildly cholagogue, expectorant. Mostly used as a laxative for children. Dose, 8 to 15 Grm. (2 to 4 drachms).1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.