40 MYRICA CERIFERA, 
neglected, their collection and the separation of 
the wax being deemed too laborious to compen- 
sate the trouble. 
In Dr. Thatcher’s Dispensatory, we are in- 
formed, on the authority of Dr. Mann, that the 
bark of the root of the Myrica cerifera is emetic, 
With a view to examining thoroughly its medici: 
nal properties, Dr. 8. L. Dana, in 184 8, made it - 
the subject of an inaugural dissertation. He 
found that the powdered bark was acrid and as: 
tringent, but did not appear to possess any other 
qualities than were attributable - to those two, 
Moderate doses of the powder and decoction pro- 
duced no effect on the stomach or bowels. Large 
doses, for instance two scruples, were swallowed 
with difficulty on account of their acrimony, and 
occasioned heat and nausea at the -stomach. 
Larger doses, of a drachm, produced a powerful 
burning sensation and vomiting. ~ Costiveness 
generally followed the use of this medicine. The 
powder, when snuffed up the nose, proved pow- 
erfully sternutatory, and when applied to the 
fungous granulations of an ulcerated leg, it pro- 
duced so much pain as. compelled the patient to — 
wash it off. 
We may then consider the bark of the Myrica 
as an acrid stimulant and astringent, That it 
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