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substitutes for Cinchona^ although evidently different 

 in some respects ; the powdered bark quickens the 

 pulse, and sometimes produces pains in the bowels ; 

 but the Suiphale of Cornine and the extract are not so 

 stimulant. They are used in intermittent and remit- 

 tent fevers also, typhus and all febrile disorders. The 

 doses of the powder are from twenty-five to thirty- 

 five grains, often repeated. The Cornine like Quinine. 

 In cases of debility it acts as a corroborant; it may 

 be joined in practice vrilh Gentian, Colombo, Camo- 

 mile, Liriodendron, Seneca root, &c. It is often used 

 in decoction in the country, and even the tvvigs are 

 chewed as a prophylactic against fevers. Drunkards 

 use a tincture of the berries as a bitter for the same 



purpose and for indigestion. 



The flowers have the same properties, and are 

 chiefiv used by the Indians, in warm infusion for 

 fevers and cholics. All these preparations have a 

 more agreeable bitterness than the Peruvian bark. 



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It is said that the twigs rubbed or chewed, clean and 

 keep sound the gums and teeth. A decoction of the 



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bark Is used to cuie the distemper of horses called the 

 j^ellow water. Joined with sassafras it is employed 

 in strong warm decoction to clean foul ulcers and can- 

 cers. Lastly, a kind of black ink can be made with the 

 bark, in the usual way, instead of galls. 



Substitutes — Cinchoiia — Liriodendron Mag- 

 nolia sp — PincJcncya — Cephala7}thit3j and most of 

 the astringent tonics, besides several species of the 



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^ame ecnus. 



Re:marks — Almost all the species of this gcnushave 

 more or lc3s the same tonic properties, and may be 



