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appears from the experience of Huxliam, Pringle, Hillary, Lyfons 



and others : yet it may be remarked, that by fome of thefe authors 

 this root has been employed too indlfcriminately, for there feems to 

 us fome inconfiftency in the pradice of bleeding and giving fnake- 

 root in the fame fever. 



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It is thought by many, that peruvian bark and wine may in every 

 cafe fuperfede the ufe of Scrpentaria ;^ but this opinion is'ah'b hable 

 to exceptions, as a mixed ftate of fever has been frequently obferved 

 to prevail, in which the bark has proved hurtful, though this root has 

 evidently had a good effe^l: ; and even in interniittent fevers the bark 

 has been found more efficacious when joined with Serpentaria than 

 when given alone -/ and this has been alfo the cafe in continued 

 fevers. The dofe of fnake-root is ufually from ten to thirty grains 

 in fubftance, and to a dram or two in infufion. A tindura ferpenta- 

 nx is direded both in the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias. 



« In cafes marked with progreiTive figns of debility and putridity, there cannot be a 

 doubt but that the bark, v/ine, and a fuitable application of cold, are the remedies chiefly 



in all fevers. 



by admitting this, we are not to rejeft S 



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Vide Lyfons, Pra£itcal EJJays upon intermitting fevers^ p. i^l^feg 



ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA. LONG-RQOTED BIRTHWORT. 



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STNON TMA, Arillolochia.. " Fharm, Edinb. Ariftolochia- longa 

 Cltis, Hift, a. p. 70. J, Bauh, Hiji. Hi. p, 560. Gerard Emac.p 



846. Rati Hifl. p, 762. Ariftolochia longa vera. Baiih. Pin. p 



307. Park. neat. p. 291. Tourn. Lift, p, 162. Miller s E 



tab. 61. . 



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Clafs Gynandria. Ord. Hexandria. Lin. Gen. Plant. 1022. 



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EJf. Gen. Ch. Hexandria. Cal. o. Cor. i-petala, lingulata, integra 



Caps. 6rlocularis, infera. 



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Sp. Ch. A. foL cordatis petiolatis integerrimis obtufuifculis, caule 



infirmo, flor. foli.tariis. 



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