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1 phlogiilic diathcfis, ! hoM the Bark 10 

 be abfolutcty improper, and have found it mamfclUy 

 hurtful, cfpccially in its beginning, and in its imly in- 

 flammatory Hate'' 



In the confluent fmall-pox ilie Bark has been re- 

 commended to promote the riling of (he pulhilcs. 

 This o|iinion our own experience leaches us to reject ; 

 but after (he maiurition of the pullulcs is completed. 

 Of where fyroptOBM of putrcfccncy, or a diflblvcd Hate 

 of Ihc blood, fupcrveno. the Bark taniiot be (00 libe- 

 rally employed. The other difcafes in which the Bark 

 is recommended, are gangrenous foic throats, aiul in- 

 deed every fpeck* ol gangrene) fcailnina. dylcttay, 

 all hemorrhages of the pailivc kind; likewife other 

 incrcafed difebarges; fomc cafes of diopfy. cfpccially 

 when unattended with any particular local affection, 

 Icrophula, ill-conditioned ulcers, rickets, (curvy, flatcs 

 of convalcfccncc, certain Aagcs of phthiiis pulmona- 

 le, &c. 



Tlic oflicinal preparations of the Bark are the pow- 

 der, the extract, the tinetiire, and the decoction. This 

 laft, though frcqucnily employed, h in many refpocls 

 inferior btcq to a fimpk Wtttry infuiion ; but the befl 

 form is that of powder, in which the conllitueut parts 

 arc in the mod 



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