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and Europe, are principally the following. 4. As 
a palliative in strangury and nephritis, 2. Asa 
diuretic in dropsy. 3. As an external stimulant, 
susceptible of useful application to various cases. 
In the first of these cases, the Pyrola is entitled. 
to attention and confidence. Some practitioners 
in this country haye employed it with advantage 
in the same cases, in which the Arbutus Uva ursi 
is recommended*. Dr. Wolf, the German writer 
lately cited, has reported a number of cases of 
ischuria and dysuria, arising from various causes, 
in which the Pyrola, given in infusion, produced 
the most evident relief, and took precedence of a 
variety of remedies which had been tried. His 
method of administering it was to give a table 
spoonful of a strong infusion, with a little syrup, 
every hour. In all the cases he has detailed, 
small as the dose was, it gave relief in a very short 
time. In one case its effect was so distinctly 
marked, that the disease returned whenever the 
medicine was omitted and was removed on re- 
suming its use. A tonic operation attended its 
other effects, so that the appetite was improved 
and digestion pia i? the eae i its 
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8 See Dr. ‘Mitchells I Inaugural Dissertation. Philadelphia, 1803, : 
