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root in powder, and in summer, the fresh grated 
root. It continued to afford more relief than any 
other remedy, so long as the parexysms remain- 
ed under the influence of any medicine. Since 
the recommendation of Dr. Cutler, many country 
physicians have employed the root in asthma, 
catarrh and chronic coughs, with evident benefit. 
A number of cases have fallen under my own ob- 
servation of the catarrh affections of old people, in 
which a syrup prepared from the root in substance 
has alleviated and removed the complaint. Dr. 
Thacher informs us on various authorities, that 
the powdered root has given immediate relief in 
hysteric parexysm, that it has affected the cure of 
-dropsy, and that rheumatic patients have found 
great benefit from its use. Its strong and pene- 
trating acrimony would lead us, @ priori, to ex- 
pect advantage from it in these complaints. Even. 
in the more formidable disease of epllepsy; it - 
appeared to do good. 
Some caution, hetinerwene’ is requisite in its man- 
agement, as serious inconvenience may ensue 
from an over dose. In delicate stomachs I have 
found it frequently to occasion vomiting even in 
a small quantity. In several cases of gastrodynia 
where it was given with a view to its antispas- 
modic effect, it was ejected from the stomach 
