the gum gminc IS perfectly disso'-vcd. To r. ,Q;ro\vn person <xive one fa'j^-^-spo rfnl^ 

 ha!ving thfc l).)ttie\ ont of a little sarsnpariila deco< tiurij clrinktuEj aftcrvvaris a pint of 

 the same decortion, lukewarm, in l>ecl, and let the same be repentei two or thr::e 

 hours, before the patient jj^ets up in the morninn;. This conr-e, continued for s.:x 

 week.s will carry off tlie disorck-T trom the sl.in, hnf, to eraJirate it perfectly, it srlnv.lj 

 be continued lor six vvi.t ks loii_.t .'. '1 ue quantity of the medicine is to be proportioiied 

 accord nu, to the age of the pi'ti' nt. 



- For the ViUereriLOi' a'.i me preparations of mercury, the corrosire sublimate an- 

 pcars to nie to be the best for curing in\f terate venereal or yauy diseases, especiairy 

 Tfhen accoinparfied with such medicines as promote its nstural tendency to the skin. 

 or this sort is guaiaruai anrl -.ar-aparilla. I nave found the following formula the best: 

 Gum guaiacu'm teil drachm.; Vir;riiiia snake-ro it three draitims ; pimenta two 

 drachms; opium one dnichin; corrosive suhlimate half a drachm; proof spirits two 

 poun Is. T>j be niixe'', and 'iii^este:! fir three days, and then strained. Two tea-spcjon- 

 fuls of tills tincture, given i.i half a nint of sursaparilla decortion, twice a day, will, in 

 general, remove every syniptoin of lues or uiws in four or five weeks. JVivffhf. 



For dropsy. Tlie patient must plunge into the coldest water, e'ariy every mornincf, 

 and walk afterwards ; taking a large tea-spooitful of strong tiiicture of lignum vitae gnm^ 

 ,in a wine-glass of water, b^^fore lireakfasi, ilinner, and supper. 



For putna cf the heart As much gum giiaiacuin. fiiiely poivdered, as will lay on the 

 point of a table knitb, taken m svrup, castas jnun of the heart 



For constipation of the bi>~xtls. A- remarkable instance of the efficacy of lignum vitrr, 

 in removing a constipation of the bo.vels, fif seventeen lays continuance, in the dry 

 behy-ache, deserves to be generally know i : T.vo drachms (to the best of my recoUoc- 

 tio:i) of the powdered gum, in a wine-giass of brandy, was, in this case, taken in the 

 foreno ai ; which so powerfully stimulated the ciebilitated svstem, that, before ni'j;ht, 

 the collected faecos were discharj^eJ at once, ana die puuent recovered. ' -S". Felstedi 



tTGNUM VIT.i:, BAST\Ur>. POLYGALA. 



Cl. ;7,c>R. i. Diadetphia ocfun <'r^it. Nat. or.^ Lomentaccte. 

 This generic name is derived from two Greek words, signifying much milk, some of 

 liie species being supposed to make cows yieid much milk. 



Gen. chab. Calyx flve-ieaved, with ts^o of the leaves shap-^d like wings, and co- 

 loured ; legume ol)-cor iate, two celled. Two species are natives of Jamaica^ 

 whose characters are described it length below. 



1. DfVEKSiF- Ll.i. DIVERS-I.EAVED. 



Cenistee (ilfinis a)wmjwa arbor, flore coltttia^, huri folio. Sloane, v. 

 2, p. 3i?, t. 170, f. 2. Fruticosci ; fo/iis siahri': otatis ; capitinr 

 suhrotundis, compres^is, cinargiiuitrs ; raeemis mitwrihus, luxis, 

 alartbus. Browne, p 287, t. 6,. f, 3. 



Flowers in racemes ; stem arboreous ; older leaves oblong-ovate, )'ounger sub- 

 ovate. 



Tliis is a small tree, with loose rod-like branches, snb-dividcd, even, round. 

 Sisaites alternate, elliptic, acumiiwte, bliiiH at the tip, eutire, siooth on both tidesj^. 



