GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 17 



SVPHILITIC, useful in syphilis and venereal diseases. 



TONIC, permanent stimulant, acting on the whole body, in* 

 creasing the tone of the fibres, &c. 



TOPICAL, a remedy acting by external application. 



UTERINE, acting on the uterus. 



URETHRAL or STRANGURIAL, a local stimulant, acting on 

 the Urethra, producing Strangury, Sec. 



VIRULENT, of strong active properties, producing powerful 

 and somewhat noxious effects. 



VULNERARY, healine: wounds and sores. 



CONCLUDING BEMAKKS. 



1. Physicians do not agree on the mode of action of the pro- 

 perties, nor the proximate and intricate operation of remedies ; 

 but the ultimate effects and results being ascertained, they are 

 sufficient for practical use, 



2. Drugs are Vegetable substances prepared for use, and kept 

 for sale by Druggists or Pharmacians. 



3. Those which are imported, are often adulterated, or in- 

 ferior kinds are substituted ; for instance Peruvian Bark or Cik- 

 cHOKA, and Saffron or Cnocrs, are hardly to be met with in the 

 U. S, — Caribean bark or Poetlandia, and Bastard Saffron or Cak- 

 TUAMus, are usually sold instead, which are very weak substitvites. 



4. This arises from a want of medical inspections and officinal 

 know^ledge : the results are, that prescriptions fail, physicians 

 are disappointed, and patients suffer. 



5.. To avoid in part these evils, it is desirable to employ our 

 own genuine medical substances, whenever they afford sufficient 

 remedies and suitable equivalents, 



6, Medical substances being often impaired by age. It is de- 

 sirable to obtain them fresh, or in yearly rotation. 



7- Fresh and genuine substances can only be obtained at all 

 times from medical gardens, or honest dealers. 



8. The best medical gardens in the United States are those 

 established by the Communities of Shakebs, or modem Esse- 

 nians, who cultivate or collect about one hundred and fifty kinds 

 of medical plants. 



9. They sell them cheap, fresh and genuine, in a compact and 



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