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tivenefs, produced from debility of the inteftmes, and common to 



fedentary life. Dr. Lettfom, whofe extenfive pradice gave him - 



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portunity of trying the eiTeds^ of Qiiaffia in a great numb 



fes, fa vs. " In debility, fucceedinp- febrile difeaTes, th 



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bark is moft generally more tonic ^nd falutary than any other 



vegetable hitherto known-; but in hyilerical atony, to which 

 female fex is fo prone, the Qiiaffia aiTords more vigour and 



to the fyftem than the other, efpecially when united with th 



Iiim alburn^ and ' ftill more with the aid of fome abforbent 



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In dyfpepfia, arifmg from hard drinking, and alfo in diarrhoeas th 



Dodor exhibited the QualFia with great fuccefs. But with refped to 



the tonic and febrifuge qualities of Quaffia, he fays, " I by no means 



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fubfcribe to the Linnxan opinion, where the author declares 



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demjiidice chinQhinam longe fuperat : it is very v^ell known that 



there are certain peculiarities of the air and idiofjncrafes of 

 ftitution, unfavourable to the exhibition of the Peruvian b 



moft clear intermiffions of feven and 



pe^tedly noticed it; but this is comparatively very rare. , Abo 



midfummer,, 1785, I met with feveral inftances of 



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and nervous fevers, wherein the bark uniformly a^CTavated the 



fymptoms, though given in intermiffions the moft favourable to its 

 fuccefs ; and wherein Quaffia^ or fnake-root, was fuccefsfully fub- 

 ftituted. In fiich cafes, I moftly obferved, that there was great 



eftion in the hepatic fyftem, and the debihty at th 



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difcouraged copious evacuations."— A lid in many fevers wit.. 

 evident remiffions to warrant the ufe of the bark, whilft at the fa 



time mcreafmg debihty began to threaten the life of the patient, 



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Dodor found that Quaflia, or fnake-root, fmgly or combined 

 upheld the vital powers, and promoted a critical intermiifi 



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by which an opportunity was oftered for the bark to effed 



a cure. It may^ be given in infufion, or in pills made from th 

 watery extrad, the former is generally preferred in the proportion 

 tnree or four drams of the wood to twelve ounces of water. 



n n n r ^^^? Memoirs of the Med. Sodety, vol L 2!.. i <0. 

 iJr. C.ullen fays, « J believe QuafTia to be an excellent bitter, and ^^-'- '- """ ^^^ 

 that any pure and iimple bitter can do : 



all 

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■'r.tnK;" r u , u ''''" ^"i ^°'^' ^"^ ^^^'^ extraordinary commendations given of It 



-re to be afcnbed to the partiality fo often Hi^wn to new medicines. Mat. Med, v, ilh l¥. 



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