‘D4 PYROLA UMBELLATA, 
tinct and evident impression on the disease, com- 
municating an increased activity to the absorbents, 
followed by a great augmentation of the excretion 
from the kidnies. The benefit, however, with me 
has been in most instances temporary, and it was 
found better to omit the medicine for a time and 
to resume it afresh, than to continue it until the 
system had become insensible to its stimulus. 
After suspending it for a week or two, the same 
distinet operation took place on returning to its 
use, as had been manifested in the first instance. 
It proved in almost every instance, a very accep- 
table medicine to the patient, and was preferred 
both .or its sensible qualities and its effects on the 
stomach, to other diuretics and alteratives which 
had been prescribed. 
The Pyrola has been considerably employed 
as an external application in tumours and ulcers 
of various descriptions. It first acquired notice 
in consequence of some newspaper attestations of 
its efficacy in the cure of eancer. Those persons 
who know how seldom genuine cancers occur in 
comparison with reputed ones, will be more ready 
to allow it the character of curing ulcerous, than 
really cancerous affections. There are undoubt- 
edly many ulcers, and those frequently of a malig- 
nant kind, which are benefitted by antiseptic 
