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penetrating pungent tafte, and fo pon 
as to fmk in water. 
Redified 
adts the wh 
tafte and fmeli of Saflafr 
e 
d 
moil 
nothing in evaporation ; hence the fp 
-^r 
e^. 
of th 
ca, pi 
nd efficacious prepar 
5J r^ rr- ^ ,. 
pro\^ 
SafTafras. accord 
?5 
ufeful 
c 
g to Berg 
g the whole 
IS 
cc 
dorifera 
heumatifm, cutaneous difeafe 
8 
and ulcers. Lewis fays that it is ufed as a mild corroborant, diaph 
and fweetener in fcorbutic, venereal, cachedic, and catarrhal diforder 
its medical 
fenfible qua 
s 
f 
character 
was formerly held 
which are ftroneer th 
re at 
[limation, and 
m any of the other woods, 
may have probably contributed to eftablifh the opinion fo generally 
entertained of its utility in 
Its 
]. 
duct 
Eur op 
many 
was 
fold 
for foon aft 
its virtues were extolled in publ 
r 1 • o li T. • -I , 
ery high price 
s 
d 
fu 
profefledly 
It is now, however, thought to be of very 
on the 
import- 
ance, and feldom employed, but in conjundion with other medici 
of a more powerful nature. Dr. Cull 
a 
found th 
a 
infufion of it taken 
promoting fweat ; 
but 
d pretty largeh 
at ery 
adds) to wh 
parti 
fweating was applicable, I have not been able to determ 
ery efFedlual 
ir purpofe this 
'> i 
nflitutions SafTafras, by its extreme frag 
fom 
duce head-ach ; to dep 
be employed. 
as is an 
In 
it of 
e 
ffed the decod 
faid to pr 
)n ought 
turn 
ten. 
gredient in the decodum farfaparillse compofi 
r decodum lignorum ; but the only officinal preparation of i 
ffential oil, which may be given in the 'dofe of two drops t( 
Watery infufions made both from the cortical and woody part 
fped or fbaved, are commonly d 
ndure 
extrad 
tea; but the fp 
of the medicine, appears to be preferable 
hich contains both the volatile and fixed parts 
f Lewis M. M. 
5 Viz. 50 llvres per pound. 
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* See SafTafrafologia, &c. publifhed by J. R. Bremane, 1627. * Cullen's M. M. ii. 200. 
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