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particularly tliofe thought to proceed from obllrudlons,'' more efpe-- 

 cially of the uterine fyftem :" hence the name Ariflolochia is faid to 



And' 



have arifen from its fuppofed emmenagogue powers. 



ftimulating medicine, Dr. Cullen tells us "he found it ufeful in fome 



as a warm 



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cafes 



of retention and chlorolis, but never in cafes of fuppreifion. 

 Ariftolochia has alfo been long very generally commended as a remedy 

 for the gout, and it is the firft ingredient in the Portland powder ^ 



which has been mAich celebrated for the cure of this difeafe. 



It 



ap 



pears however that the long continued ufe of this powder, which is 

 necelTary for preventing the return of arthritic paroxyfms, feldom 

 fails to fuperinduce a premature fenile flate of body, and to lay a 

 foundation for more fatal difeafes.^ It is probable that the medicinal 

 qualities of this plant are fomewhat allied to thofe of its congener, 

 the Serpentaria ; but the fenfible properties of the latter demonflrate 

 it to be a more adive medicine. 



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Ariflolochia is given in fubilance from a fcruple to two drams for 



a 



dofe. 



Fernel 



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Method. Med. Lib. 6 



?/>. 11. p 



Ab ocpifrros & 



De nat. muUebrl. p. 572. Oper. F'deft\ 



firft 



1 -' 



It has alfo been derived from Ariftolochius, who Is faid to have 



S 



Mat. Med. vol. 



• m 



It 



f 



Th 



is thus prepared : 



IV. A 



rotund, gentian, fummlt. et fol. 



chamaedr. chamsepit. centaur, min. ~ p. se. f. pulvis. A dram of this powder is di- 

 re6led to be taken every morning (jejuno ventriculo) for the fpace of three months, when 

 the dofe is to be diminifhed to three quarters of a dram for the next three months, and 

 afterwards continued for fix months in dofes of half a dram, which, during the fecond 



year 



Cullen's Firft L 



De paiur. p 



N 



43 



Werlhoff. 



Med. Tra^ 



i> P' 32 



See alfo 



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