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to the cure of intermittent fevers by various prac- 
titioners in the middle and southern states. Dr. 
Anderson has detailed six cases of intermittents, 
quotidian, tertian, and quartan, out of a large 
number which had been successfully treated with- 
in his own observation by the Eupatorium both 
in substance and decoction: In these cases the 
cures were certainly expeditious, and took place 
at as early a period as could have been expected 
from arsenic or the Peruvian bark. Dr. A. cites 
the experience of several distinguished practi- 
tioners, particularly Dr. Hosack of New York 
and the late Dr. Barton of Philadelphia, in con- 
firmation of his own, to shew that the Eupatorium 
is an efficacious remedy in the treatment of ya- 
rious febrile disorders, also of many cutaneous 
affections, and diseases of general debility. 
I have prescribed an infusion of the Eupato- 
rium in various instances to patients in the low 
stages of fever, where it has appeared instrumen- 
tal in supporting the strength and promoting a 
moisture of the skin, without materially increas- 
ing the heat of the body. I have also found the 
cold infusion or decoction a serviceable tonic in 
loss of appetite and other symptoms of dyspepsia, 
as well as in general debility of the system. 
