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hemoptysis according to Dr. Harris. It is also used 

 in Veterinary for the diseases of cattle or horses, and 

 cures the bloody water of cattle- The doses are one 

 to two ourtces in infusion or decoction, two to four 

 drachms of the tincture, fifteen to forty grains of the 

 powder, and ten to fifteen grains of the extract, which 

 is a most powerful and efiScient astringent, equalled 

 only by the extract of Spirea tomentosa. 



Substitutes— -OroSancAe Virginiana — -Statics 

 Caroliniana — Tormentilla erecta — Hiibus villosus 



Heuchera species — Geum Sp. — Spirea tomentosa 



and Sp. opuUfolia — Kino, Catechu, Galls and all 

 powerful vegetable astringents. 



Remaris — The officinal kinos are four. 1. African 



Kino or Pterocarpus erinacea^ 2. Botany Bay Xino 



or Eucalyptus resiniferay 3. Jamaica Kino or Butea 



frondosa^ 4. American Kino or Geranium macula- 

 turn, this last is the most efficient and powerful, by 

 far preferable to all the others, since it has no bitterish 

 taste nor resinous matter, like the first and third, nor 

 the disagreeable sweetish taste of the second. It ought 

 to supersede them in our pharmacies at least, if not 

 elsewhere. The Catechu or extract of Mtnosa Cat0- 

 chu is merely equal to it. 



The Geranium robertlanum of Europe, grows also 

 ia*North America from New England to Ohio, on 

 stony hills, and is a weak equivalent of the G. macu- 

 latum; but it is also diuretic, and therefore more 

 available in nephritis, gravel, and diseases of the blad- 

 der. It will be easily known by its musky smell, 

 annual root, small flowers, &c. 



