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ch in aduhs m 
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from half a dram to a dram 
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g 
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as other 
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en 
draft 
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heating to the ij^i 
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oiten mconvenient by 
iven in a large dofe, it will 
tives do : but it is hardly 
ihews the other effects of 
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u 
ch 
P 
ative quality 
ccomDa.nied 
is 
" mach vfhen it has been 
ufeful in reftorine: the 
o 
d for the mofl: par 
■M 
more 
dth a 
of the fto 
Its 
fs 
makes it fit better on the ftomach than many other purgati 
do 
Its operation joins well with that of 
iLs upcidLiuu j'uiub vvcii Willi inai oi neuirai laxatives; ana botii tog 
ther op_erate in a leffer dofe than either of them would do fmgly 
" Some d 
of ftipticity is always evident in this medicine 
a 
d 
this quality ads v\^hen that of th 
(^ 
" cafes of diarrhoe 
pur 
has ceafsd, fo in 
any 
prop 
caies oi aiarrnoea, v^nen any evacuation is proper, riii 
been confidered as the moft proper means to be employed 
ub 
h 
I 
mu 
ft 
however 
evacuation th 
here 
h 
iv iicic, that in many cafes of diarrhoea, no furth 
prop 
Th 
is occafioned by the difeafe is neceifary 
ufe of rhubarb in fubftance for keeping the belly 
re 
per 
for which it is frequently employed, is by no means pro 
3 
the ailringent quality is ready 
do wh 
had done -, but I h 
obtained hj it, if 
the purg 
the 
found that the purpofe mentioned may be 
rhubarb is chewed in the mouth, and no 
more is fwal lowed than what the faliva has diflblved. And I mud 
remark in th 
Analaeous to th 
way employed it is very ufeful to dyfeptic perfons 
the ufe of rhubarb in a fcl 
which 
appears to me, that the aftringent quality is not fo largely extraded 
operate fo powerfully as when the rhubarb was employed in 
ance. 
JJ k 
fubft 
The officinal preparations of this drug are, a watery and 
infufion 
in different compofit 
chics, and fome oth 
fimple and a compound tindture. It is alfo an ingredient 
J 
Elixir ex aloe et rheo, pilulae ftoma 
We 
attention to this article. See Mat, Med. vol, 2. p, 529 
Dr. Cullen, who has p 
r 
No. 
10, 
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GRATIOLA 
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