264 



f'T, 



in which three cafes of its fuccefs are given. To thefe may be 



added many other inftances of the good effeds of Valerian root ii> 

 this difeafe, fmce puhHilied by Cruger/ Schuchmann," Riverius ^ 

 Sylvius/ Marchant,'* Chomel/ Sauvages,'' Tiffot,' and others. 



The advantages faid to be derived from this root in epilepfy caufed 



It to be tried in feveral other complaints termed nervous, particularly 

 thofe produced by increafed mobility and irritability of the nervous 

 fyftem, in which it has been found highly ferviceable.'^ B 



ftates its virtus to be antifpafmodic, diaphoretic, 



oj. 



gms 



n 



emmenagogLie,, 

 diuretic, anthelminthic* Under the head uftis he enumerates Epilepfia 



Convulfiones, Hyfteria, Hemicrania," Vifus hebetudo. Dr. Cullen fays 

 " its antifpafmodic powers are very well eftablifhed, and I truft to- 

 many of the reports that have been given of its efficacy ; and if it 

 has fometimes failed, I h^ve juft now accounted for it,** adding only 



that it feems to me, in almoft all cafes, it fhould be 



On 



given UT 



this footing, I have fre- 



this; 



larger dofes than is commonly done. 



quently found it ufeful in epileptic, hyfteric, and other fpafmodic 



afFed:ions."'^ It is faid however, that in fome cafes of epilepfy at the 



Edinburgh Difpenfary, it was given to the extent of two ounces a- 



day without effed j' and our own experience warrants us in lliying,. 



Eph. Nat. Cur. D 



A. 7. Ohf. 78 



Eph. Nat. Cur. Dec. 2. A. 4. Ohf. 44. f. Ii6. ^ App. ad Dec. 3. A. 3- />. 86 



/ 



Med. Lib. i. p. 62 



s 



Op 



era 



yp 



427 



/ 



Jcad. d. Sc. de Paris-, 1706. p. 333 



PL Ufuelh 



P 



k 



NofoL Mi 



r. 



p. 231. Ed. 8 



Tra'tte de P epilepfie^ p 



m 



H 



frequenter cum bono eventu hac radice ufus fum ; at in ipfa epilepfiaj non malo fucceffu* 



p. Helv. n. 210. 



Mat. Med. p 



He 



" Emeticam illam nunquam vidi, nee laxantem,'' 



Th 



ry 



Fordyce commends it highly 



De Hemicrania^ p 



Whytt 



wKo 



^ 



Pfy' ^^ Nerv. Dif. p* $1 

 Mortran found it ufeful in refolving^ p-landular or ftrumous 



princ. p 



employed in an improper condition. 



different caufes^ and fro 



being frequently 



fl 



Mat, Med, vol. ii, />. 37 



New Ed, Difpenf, by Dr. Duncan, /». ZOO. 



^ 



that 



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