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praise, is certainly very inconsiderable, or at least evanescent; and 
in cases of mere debility, unless proceeding from a general laxity 
of the system, accompanied with slight disorders of the alimentary 
canal, it cannot be resorted to with any reasonable prospect of suc- 
cess. As to its reputed powers as an antitithic, I really do not 
think them worth consideration. 
I have had some little experience with this article, and about 
a year since prescribed it in two cases of colera infantum with 
success. It was during my attendance in the Philadelphia Dis- 
pensary; and patients of the class which resort thither, are 
prone to follow the prescriptions of their physicians, when they 
order herb teas, so that I had a fair opportunity of seeing the 
power of this article. The fruit which is gratefully acidulous, 
is kind and healing to the disordered stomach and bowels of per- 
sons labouring under dysentery, recent or protracted. It may be 
eaten by such persons, in its full ripe state, when not too long gather- 
ed, not only with impunity, but evident advantage ; being found to 
promote the natural and healthy secretions of the body. To chil- 
dren labouring under the bowel complaint, during dentition or at 
other times, it is particularly grateful and beneficial. It is amore 
common practice, however, to give in such cases, and in the dysen- 
teries of adults, a preparation known in families by the name of 
blackberry jam, or often a syrup, recent or preserved, made from 
the full ripe fruit. Of the efficacy of the former I have seen many 
