Bichetia.

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Bichetia. Bichetia officinalis. Murere Juice is extracted in Brazil from the incised bark of this plant; it is a thick reddish liquid, sp. gr. 1.100, and is said to contain an alkaloid and to be useful in rheumatism and syphilis. The dose of the juice is one fluidrachm (3.75 mils) in water; in large doses it is drastic.

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.