255 



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 \ 



pleurctic or penpneiimonic fyinptoms j 



by the aaion of this polfon, he hence inferred, that the R 



^ ^ ' remedy in difeafes of this kind 



ally produced 



be an iifeful 



pleurifi 



e 



accordingly tried in 

 feveral of the French 



timony of its good effed:g 



fnal 

 It 



ademicians and oth 



nly by Tennent himfelf/ but by 



md others,^ who all unite in tnf^ 



11 unite in 



f- 



^ , , , , however, in many of thefe cafes, recourfe 



was had to the lancet, and even the warmed advocates for the Seneka 



fay that m the true pleurify repeated bleeding is at the fame time^not 

 be negleded. The repute which this root obtained in 



monic afFe<fl; 



duced fome 



employ 



peripneu- 

 inflammatory 



diforders, in which it proved ferviceable, particularly in rheumatifm 

 It has alio been prefcribed with much fuccefs in dropfies ' and th 



the more eafily credit from its effed 



^au tixc uiuic ccuiiy uicuii irom Its elledts m mcrealing the diff 

 fecretions, for it is remarked that it produces a plentiful fpitting; 

 creafes perfpiration and urine, and frennpnfW r.nro-Ac ^. ,.^_:.r 



creafes perfp 



and urine 



frequently purges or vomits 



m 



It 



is like wife reported to be a medicine of great power, in rendering the 

 fizinefs of the blood more fluid ; De Haen however brings a ftrono- 

 fadt to contradia this opinion "^ ^" r . . . . ^ ^ b 



The ufual dofe is from one fcrupl 



two of the powder, or two or three fpoonfuls of a decodion, prepared 

 by boihng an ounce of the root in a pint and a half of water till it is 

 reduced to one pint. 



■t 



ftr 



f 



See his Ef on the Pleur'ify, Philad. 1736 



njile to Dr. Mead, 



739> ^ 1744 



4 



De Jeffieu, Du Hamel, Bouuvart, for which kQ Mem. 'cleTAcad. de P. 



h 



^K i73viQ9 



Noric. 174T. p. 362. Sarcone Gefchichte d. Krankh. in Neap el, Tom. L p. 108. 



D 



, . r 1 r -'u , . ^-' " ^^ ^^^^ had fome inftances of its bein;; 



uietul, efpecially where it operated by producing fweat.'» M. M. vol. it. p. 533. 



* Bouvart. 1. c. 



^cysi vol. a. p. 1 7 8 



Mackenzie, Med. Ohf. ^ Inq. vol. ii. p. 288, See alfo Perc 



* Ratio Medend. Pt 4. ^» 252. 



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