148 Medeoia Virginica. 
of this country: but he only asks the question whether it is allied to 
Tpecacuanha in its powers, referring to Linneus’s Flora Lapponica, 
and to Gronovius. Undoubtedly it is not entitled to any regard as 
an emetic; and it seems probable that its hydrogogue powers alone 
are worthy of any consideration. The late Professor Barton speaks 
dubiously in his publication on this subject, of its use in dropsies, 
which he mentions it has had the credit of curing. But I learned from 
him a year before his death, that some trials made by himself, in 
consequence of various information received from respectable 
sources of its virtues as a diuretic, resulted in the confirmation of 
the good accounts of the plant. They induced him to think more 
favourably of its powers. Though I have had no experience with it, 
as a medicine, I beg leave to recommend it for further experiment. | 
Of the manner and dose in which it has been used, I know nothing. 
