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he attributes its c^reater mildnefs 
cofkion to tliat by exprelTi 
adion of the fire, obferving that the expreifed oil, as well as the mixed 
juices of the f 
Dr. Cullen obfe 
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far more active and 
this oiL wlieii the flomach can be 
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purgatives we can employ 
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operates m two or three h 
any other purgative I know of, as it commonly 
It feldom gives any grip 
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fpafmodic chol 
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ally moderate, to one, two, or three ilools only. 
d even to cafes of 
In the Weft Indies it is found to be one of the 
operation is 
particularly fuited to cafes of cgftivenef 
moft certain remedies in the dry-belly ach, or colica 
I have never found .. ..^^^.... 
piftonum.** 
the re£lum, and there- 
fore have found it fufficiently well fuited to hasmorrhoidal perfons 
The only inconvenience attending the ufe of this medicine is, tha 
laufeous to fome perfons ; and that, when the dofe i 
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as 
lar 
e, it occafions 
at the ftomach for fome time 
taken. To obviate thefe 
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after it is 
feveral means have been 
tried ; but I fhall not detail thefe here, as I can ailert, that the moft 
effedual means is the addition of a little ardent fpirit. For this in 
the Weft Indies they employ rum; but that I might not withdraw 
any part of the purgative. 
This, added in the proportion of one to three parts of the oil, and 
I employ the tindura fenns compofit 
y intimately mixed by 
being fhaken togeth 
ph 
eafy 
makes the oil lefs naufeous to the tafte. and makes it fit more 
on the ftomach 
The 
commi 
dofe of this oil 
fpoonful, or half an ounce ; but many perfons 
quantity." ' " / . 
require 
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We may addj that It has been experienced to be an ufeful medicine m various febrile 
complaints, and in bilious cholics, nephritic cafes, worms, efpecially the tape-worm. 
* M. M. vol 2. p' S^Z-i I^^- Cullen remarks, "It is particularly to be obferved of 
this medicine, that if it be frequently repeated, the dofe of it may be gradually more and 
more diminiihed. 'And I know inftances of perfons who, formerly of a coftive habit, at 
firft required half an ounce or more for a dofe j but after being frequently repeated, they 
now find that two drams are enough, at leaft to keep the belly regular. '^ 
CLEMATIS RECTA. 
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