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the stomach, and most of them very offensive to it. Sir Walter 
Farquhar, it appears from Dr. Someryille’s paper, had also used 
the Pippsissewa in the case of a lady labouring under ascites. In 
the detail of this case the diuretic effects are very striking. The 
urine seems generally to ional ‘the ied of the infusion of the 
herb, which resembles the infusion of cor 1 green tea. Dr. ‘So- 
merville says he has gemapli oMeA ~ “good s 
plant on the stomach, and that as far as his experienitl or infortins 
tion. Sain: no circumstance had occurred to forbid its use in 
any form, or to render it expedient to limit the dose. He further 
remarks, that, “the extract was prescribed in three hopeless cases 
of ascites, accompanied with unequivocal marks of organic ee 
derangement ; the patients were private soldiers: in two i sta 
Oigacidneys were stimulated powerfully, and in the third the patient 
ined of Seka, at the stomach, and did hot persevere in 
- He says the mE of. the —— = 
nine: ay. 
plant in four cases at the | care at 
navy-yard of this city. ‘The strong. infusion Was given caahiag with ; 
flax-seed tea in two cases, and with treacle or molasses and water, in - 
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