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bark. They are, however, lefs effectual in the cure 

 of intermittents and diforders of a putrid tendency, 

 but bett:r fuited to a weak ftate of the ftomach and 

 organs of digeftion. A ftrong infufion of any of 

 the above-mentioned articles, with a little rind of 

 the Seville orange, makes a bitter preparation as 

 efficacious as any, and as pleafant as luch a medi- 

 cine can well be expected to be. A quarter of a pint 

 of this taken twice a day for a week, fortnight, or 

 three weeks, will often be of great fervice in difor- 

 ders of the ftomach unattended with fever. Infu- 

 fions of this kind are alfo convenient vehicles for the 

 adminiftration of fome other medicines. I have 

 before mentioned, that faline purgatives may be 

 given to advantage diflblved in an infufion of 

 flowers of chamomile, and the fame is true of fuch 

 diuretic medicines as are of fmall bulk. The dul- 

 cified fpirits of vitriol, and of nitre, may be given in 

 this way, as may fait of tartar when ufed as a diuretic. 



There is likewife another clafs of ftimulant re- 

 medies, which feem to act more generally on the 

 fyftem, though they fometimes excite particular fe- 

 cretions. The infufion of muftard feed and horje* 

 radijhy before recommended as a diuretic, is of this 

 kind, and is often given with advantage in cafes 

 where the fecretions in general are languid and flow. 



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