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or the responsibility^ for the operation or effects^ 

 that may be produced, by using such medlpines^ 

 must rest on themselves, and not on me m : my 

 directions- This is enjoined, for the e^^xcss 

 purpose as stated above, th' ^ the articles lu y be 

 properly prepared, that the pe"^ on who. mak:^s 

 v;se of them may be precise '' the combination^ 

 and that they may have the clesired eifect; 

 in whicji case, as we have bePore stated, 1 do 

 recommend and become responsible for their op- 

 erations and effects. These plants, and prepar- 

 ations from them, are all useful when prop^ ly 

 employed; and, independent of the few plants 

 which we will here name for the purpose of re- 

 calling to your mind thdf medicinal virtues, we 

 ure fully aware, that there are many others, 

 known either to yourselves or friends, which 

 may possess properties highly valuable, in the 

 art of healing; and wo wiU here remind you, 

 that, anoiher fifty years of time to come, may 

 bring to view, a valuable addition to the already 

 accepted collection of medicinal vegetables. 

 Many of the following plants may have been in 

 use, perhaps, much longer than any we have des- 

 cribed; their common accepted medicinal use is 

 generally known, and their external appearance 

 so familiar to the eye of every observer, that it 

 ^eeds but the mere names to recall them, to your 

 iremory. — White walnut, PennyVoyal, pepper- 

 fnint^ may- weed or dog-fennel, summer savory, 



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