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also influenza, the Lake fever similar to the yellow 

 fever, and the yellow fever itself; ring-worms, and 

 Tinea Capites, Dropsy, Gout and Syphilitic pains : 

 dyspepsia and complaints of the Stomach, and Bites 

 6f Snakes. 



This plant may be so managed as to act as a tonic, 

 a sudorific, a laxative or an emetic, as required. No 

 other tonic of equal activity can be exhibited in fevers, 

 with less danger of increasing excitement or produc- 

 ing congestion : the only objection to its general use 

 is its nauseous and disagreeable taste. In substance 



th aromatics 



disorder 



intermittents 



powder are from 



to twenty grains, the decoction and infusion from 



three ounces. No 



cold preparations. 



Ample accounts of the beneficial effects of this 

 plant, are to be " 



Works 



Burson says that in Anorexia consequent to drunken- 

 ness, a cold infusion has speedily restored the tone of 

 the stomach. Zollickoffer extols it as an alterative 

 remedy in tinea capites, united to cremor tartar and 

 sugar, two spoonfuls given three times a-day. Thatcher 

 says that the cold infusion cures bilious cholic with 

 obstinate constipation, a tea-cup full every half hour 

 producing a cathartic effect The warm infusion 

 causes a copiousT^erspiration, and often becomes a 



^irt 1"'^''" '"'''^'' ^^*P^*« '^1-teS that it 

 wred the kmd of Muenza called Breakbone fever. 



