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its particular operation after eating an usual meal, 
I made a second experiment, one month after the 
first. In the morning, one hour after I had eaten 
a hearty breakfast, I took twenty grains of the 
medicine, in divided doses, as in the former ex- 
periment. At the expiration of a very few min- 
utes nausea commenced, which continuing to 
increase, with very few efforts I discharged the 
contents of my stomach. The effects of the second 
trial answered exactly my expectations.” _ 
Some authors have attributed a tonic power to 
the Gillenia, when administered in small doses. 
That it possesses such a power is rendered prob- 
ble by its bitter taste, and by the fact, that small 
doses of ipecacuanha exert a beneficial stimulus 
on the stomach in certain cases of debility in 
that organ. 
