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hours. In general, it may be considered im- 
proper to give large quantities of this medicine, 
or to accumulate it by the repetition of small 
quantities. In these respects it has not the safety 
of the officinal Ipecacuanha. See some remarks 
on this subject under the article Euphorbia 
ipecacuanha, Vol. ili. p. 147. 
- ARUM TRIPHYLLUM. 
- ‘Tue root of this plant has sometimes been 
taken internally as it would seem without injury. 
The late Dr. Osborne, of New York, informed me 
that he had given it in the form of confection, or 
in emulsion with milk and sugar, in cases of great 
prostration attending the advanced stages of 
typhoid fevers. He thought it useful as part of 
a cordial regimen, and had found that patients 
bore it as well as cayenne pepper or any similar 
stimulant. In the American Medical Recorder, 
for July 1820, Dr. Burgon, of Pennsylvania, has 
inserted some account of its beneficial operation 
in asthma, chronie, catarrh, and similar com- 
plaints. It is undoubtedly a stimulant of the 
most powerful kind, and when fresh should be 
taken with great caution. In its dried state it is 
uncertain in its strength, and sometimes wholly 
inert. 
