ark may be used in intermittent and remittent fevers, and all fe- 
le disorders, in doses of from twenty-five to thirty-five grains, often 
n, for these p S. 
, and may be joined 
seneca root, &c. + 1 
Also, sour dock, from the le 
_ bitter... It has a long yellow root, and is well known. 2 
Yellow dock is a valuable detergent and cleansing medicine. . It 
is supposed to possess considerable efficacy in curing cancer, and: 
similar affections, for which the decoction of the root should be drank. 
continually, and a poultice of the bruised roots laid on. It is con-— 
_ siderably narcotic, and requires to be used. with judgment, A pound — 
_ of the green roots may be boiled to a quart, and a table spoonful 
taken at a dose, three times aday. Too large a dose will produce 
miting. Ten grains of the pulverized root is also a dose. 
_ Yellow dock may be used alone, or in a compound, in all erup- 
tive disorders arising from impure humors, particularly in scrofula. — 
Derr Foop. Froa Lear. Brasenia Hydropeltis. The leaves. 
streams. The roots creep in mud a 
oblong shield, stem in the centre, with regular radiating veins, 
leaf smooth on top, white and covered with a coat of pale jelly! 
_ Meath, and floats on the water ; flowers of a dark purple color. 
‘tis mucilagi lucilaginous, astringent, demulcent, tonic, and nutritive? 
has no smell, , 
i _Exvarerium, or Witp Cucumngr. 
: The dried juice of this plant is the elaterium of the shops. : the 
: ole materia medica. Its e 
to the half ofa grain should be given ; 
intervals till it operates. fi 
as vg Common Exper. itebace Nigra. — : “ 
The inner bark, flowers, and berries. This tree is { 
