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of otherwise., Some experienced such severe et: 
fects as to-deter them after one trial from a repe- 
tition of the experiment. In general the “parox- 
ysm of gout was completely intial by the. ~~ 
— of the medicine. 
Prviti » On the whole, we have sufficient knowledge of 
ae American: green hellebore, to feel assured 
that it is a plant of great activity, closely resem- 
bling in its properties the Veratrum album of 
‘Europe ; and that like that plant it has given: re- 
lief in the paroxysms of gout and in rheumatism. 
Whether the original Eau medicinale be a prep- 
aration of Veratrum; Colchicum, or any other ac- 
rid narcotic, it is not of consequence here’ to: de- 
eide. These plants, with several: others that 
might be mentioned, are similar in their operation, 
and probably influence the system when under 
disease, much in the same way. Some: individu- 
als obtain relief from moderate: doses, which do 
not oceasion nausea or any very disagreeable ef. 
fects: “Others: have not derived benefit except 
from such quantities as bring on vomiting.» Some 
have experienced very distressing consequences, 
such as excessive sickness, ‘purging, great pros- 
tration of ‘strength, impaired vision, and even 
total insensibility, where the ‘dose’ has been: im- 
prudently large. 
