COMMON HOP. 471 
the course of twenty four hours. He found the 
extract very efficacious in allaying the pain of 
of articular rheumatism. 
Some experiments of Dr. Bigsby and others 
have not. been..found to confirm the previous 
character of this article in all the foregoing 
respects, and its sedative powers have been called 
in question. | As in. most new medicines, its vir- 
tues have doubtless been exaggerated by its earli- 
est advocates; yet itis not on this account to be 
discarded from. use. Although the narcotic 
powers of. the hop are. not of the most energetic 
kind; they nevertheless do exist, and the very 
circumstance of their mild and temperate influ- 
ence. venders them, in. many, cases, safer than 
those of more active drugs. |», 9... 4. 
In regard to the lithontriptic power which 
ine been imputed to hops both alone, and through 
the medium of malt liquors, it is not probable 
that they have any operation of this sort, beyond 
that of a palliative... 
_ The external application of sso cm Jong had 
the popular reputation of being anodyne and com- 
posing. A. pillow of hops is thought instrumental 
in procuring sleep, but with what, justice I am 
unable to say. | Poultices and fomentations made 
of them are in repute as sedative applications for 
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