28 s 



\ 



<f 





Thefe flowers poffefs the tonic and ftomach 

 afcribed to fimple bitters, having verj little ailrin 

 odour of the aromatic and penetrating kind, from which 

 alfo judged to be carminative, emmenagoge, 



qualities 

 7, but a ftrong 



d 



in 



fo 



tney 



fpafmodic and anod) 



me meafure 



fhey h 



b 



/^*:i 



en 



ployed 



for the cure of intermittents ;' as well 



ong fu 



cc 



fully em 



as 



of fevers of the 



gular nervous kind, accompanied with vifceral obilrudions for 

 which we have the authority of Sir John Pringle/ 



That camomile flowers may be efFedually fubftituted for Peruvian 

 bark in the cure of intermittent fevers, appears from the teftimony of 



fe^' 



fpedable phyfic 



h we have referred 



and to 



which we may add that of Dr. Cullen, who fays, " I have employed 



' ' ' e method of Hoffman, by giving 



thefe flowei 



greeabl 



to th 



feveral times durine the intermifl 



t) 



fro 



m 



half 



dram to a dram of 



the flowers in pow^der, have cured intermittent fevers. I have found 

 however that the flowers were attended with this inconvenience that 



given in a large quantity 



) 



they 



dily run off by fl:ool, defeating 



hereby the purpofe of preventing the return of paroxyfms , 



deed, that without joining with them an opiate 



have found 



aftringent, I could not commonly employ them 



dl 



g 



Thefe fl 



have b 



found ufeful 



in 



hyfl: 



flatulent or fpafmodic colics, and dyfentery, but from the 

 quality, Dr. Cullen tells us, they proved hurtful in. diarrhoeas 



afFedlions 



atery infufion of th 



A 



IS 



ken, in a tepid ft 



for the purpofe of exciting vomiting or for promoting the operation of 



Externally the flowers are ufed in the decodum pro fomen- 



emetics 



and they are an ingredient in the decoaum pro enemate 



Morton, (Exerck. i. defebr. Interm. cap. 6.) Hoffman, (Dtf de p 

 ^P''^9') Heifter, (Di//: de Medic. Germ, indlg. p. 13. j found thefe f 

 -tual in the cure of intermittents than the peruv. bark : and Dr. Cull 



rem. 



uMc nis celebrated countryman, Dr. Pitcairn, 

 flowers were in this refpeft equal to the bark. 



f 



of the Jrmy^ p. 21 6 



M. M, vol n. p, 7 



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ANTHEMIS PYRETHRUM. 



