ss 
V. 
knd its fenfible qualities are -fufficlently powerful to confirm this 
In the rheumatifmus vagus, called by Sydenham Rheuma^ 
opinion 
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tifmus fcorbuticus, conrifting of wandering pains of long continuance 
accompanied with fever, this plant, combined with Arum and wood- 
forrel, is highly commended both by Sydenham and Lewis.' A 
remarkably volatile and pungent fpirit, prepared from this herb and 
kno' 
vvn 
by the 
name of Spiritus antifcorbut'icus s, mixtura fimplex 
K 
antifcorbuticaDra'wlzu.X(Pharm.Wert.) was found by Werlhof 
to be a ufeful remedy in paralyfis and other' difeafes requiring an 
a(Aiye and' powerful ftimulant, given in the dofe of thirty drops 
. .J "" as an antifcorbutic, neither this, nor the 
feveral 
time 
day. 
But 
-conferve promifes fo much benefit as the frelh plant, eaten as fallad, 
or the expreffed juice, as direded in the Pharmacopoeias. 
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t 
Op 
M. M 
stum irroratur, fuccedente digeftione et diftillatione. Murray Ap. Meci 
* Obf. de febr. p. 145. D 
have 
a volati 
ordered it to be treated by diflillation with fpirit of wine, and have thereby obtained 
itile poignant fpirit, that may prove a ufeful ftlmulus in feveral cafes. It may pro- 
bably be improved by a combination with the volatile acid of tartar, as in the fpiritus 
antifcorbuticus Drawitztt, and in this ftate may be a ufeful ftimulant in paralytic cafes ; 
I in fcurvy." M. M. 
voli 2. 
yed as a diuretic, and in this way alfo be ufefs 
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