26 Chimaphila umbellata. 
skin. ‘This effect of the plant, as it is remarked to occur but seldom, ° 
has bpes: said “4 the — of the “ Or ea not to be api 
quoted. He inform 
s us, that “ in a case of acute rheumatism, in Ca- 
nada, he saw the leaves of a plant which he supposed to have been 
the pyrola umbellata, applied as a cataplasm to the shoulder affected : 
the bruised ade of the recent fee bam to the fire — they. were 
thi ih | rs. ‘The aceasta ses great heat, irri- 
tation, ‘ond relies in the part, followed by such sharp pain, that 
rofuse perspiration over the whole body ensued, which was kept up 
ite bed by warm drinks and clothing, for six hours.” Dr. Mitchell 
elates the case of a gentleman of Philadelphia, who used the Pipp- 
issewa during an attack of rheumatism; the bruised leaves moist- 
ened with brandy, were laid on the affected part in the evening : the 
next morning complete vesication was produced, but the pain was 
not alleviated. A decoction in vinegar has been said to be useful as 
an teeth to bruises. [t follows from these facts, that the plant 
nay not be unworthy the attention — of physicians, or at least that it 
n a mee me serviceable i in domestic ee as a > sti 
mulant. 
23 appciin iene the c preceding abide that the legal 
wa is chiefly entitled to a place in the Materia Medica, by reason of 
its: diuretic peorerty.. In justice, it must be oe that we are 
indebted to the ¢; experiments aod observations of Europeans, for the 
