437 
is 
juflly efteemed to be th< 
e moil 
efficacious bitter of all 
the medicinal plants indigenous to this country. 
It has be° 
en rccom- 
menaea 
s a fubftitute for gentian, 15 and, by feveral, thought to 1 
>e a 
exp 
r 
enments 
out or the body alfo {hew it to 
more ufeful medicine : 
poilels an equal degree of antifeptic power. To it therefore are to 
be afcribed all thofe medical effecls noticed of the preceding- article. 
Many authors have obferved, that along with the tonic and ftomachic 
Centaury frequently proves cathartic ; but it is 
qualities o 
f 
x a bitter 
u„j>io tliat this feldom hai 
proDaoie 
large dofes. The life 
Dpens 
unlels it be taken in 
of this, as well as 
of th 
very 
le other bitters, was 
formerly common in febrile diforders, previous to the knowledge of 
peruvian bark, which now fuperfedes them perhaps too generally ; for 
many cafes of fever occur, which are found to be aggravated by the 
Cinchona, yet afterwards readily yield to fimple bitters. 
Th 
ops d of Centaury plant are directed 
by the C 
Uu » 
d 
ft commonly given in infufion, but they may alfo b 
powder, or prepared into an extract 
»' 
b " It is faid that the extra£fc of this plant is lefs agreeable than that of gentian ; but 
I find no- difference between them, and think it fliould be conftantly fubRituted for that 
of gentian, as it may be more cheaply prepared." 
M. 
P 
Dlf. of the Army ^ App. p 66 
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Lin. Gen. Plant. 898 
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