Ixora in Dysentery
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To the. Editor of" The Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?I beg to ask the favour of your publishing the following lines which contain additional facts and information in connexion with Ixora and which have not been published in the Indian Medical Gazette. It will not come into general use if trouble is not taken to spread its cultivation in hospital compounds and gardens or in other places. As Ixora is a beautiful ornamental plant, it may be cultivated for medicinal purposes as well as for the beauty of its flowers. Those who want to cultivate the plant
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