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The powder of well-dried bark is eafity mad 



looks like 



jallap, though not of equal fpecilic gravit) 



" This bark, like moft other powerful anthelmintics, 



:r to beg 



effea 

 dofe 



and on this account it is 



ways prop 



with frn 



, which may be gradually increafed till a naufea is excited 

 hen the dofe for that patient is afcertained. But by frequent ufe we 



can in common determine the dof; 

 on the fafe fide. 



) 



gh we chufe to err rather 



i% 



A flrong healthy grown perfon may, 



at firft, take four tabl 



e 



fpoonfuls of the decodion or fyrup, three grains of the extrad^ or 



thirty grains of the powder for a dofe 



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6 



if. 



4 



A youth, three table fpoonfuls of the decodion or fyrup, two 

 s of extrad, or twenty grains of powder. 



A perfon of ten years of age, two table fpoonfuls of the dec( 



tion or fyrup, one grain and a half of extrad, or fifteen g 



the powder 



of 



(C 



Children of two or three years old, a table fpoonful of the de- 



■ain of extrad, or ten grains of the powder 



codion or fyrup, one grain 



Children of a year old, half the quantity 



Thefe may be increafed, as above obferved, till a naufea is excited 



which will depend on the ftrength, fex, and habit of body of the 



patient 



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Care muft be take 



th 



cold water be not drank during the 



operation of this medicine, as it is in this cafe apt to occafion ficknefs, 

 vomiting, fever, and delirium. When this happens, or when an 

 over large dofe has been given, the ftomach muft be wafhed with 

 warm water : the patient muft fpeedily be purged with Caftor-oil, and 

 ufe plenty of lime-juice beverage for common drink ; vegetable acid 



being a powerful antidote in this cafe 

 opium 



well as in an over dofe of 



The decodlon is what is moftly given here, and feldom fails to 

 perform every thing that can be expeded from an anthelmintic me- 

 dicine, by deftroying worms in the inteftines, and bringing them 



away in great quantiti 



By freq 



ufe, however, thefe animals 



become familiarized, and we find it neceflary to intermit 

 courfe to others of inferior merit. 



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have 



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