40 Sanguinaria Canadensis. 
similar affections. Its properties,’ continues the Doctor, “seem to 
be considerably allied to those of Seneca snake-root, which has been 
so beneficially employed in the same cases.”* Dr. Israel Allen, of 
Sterling, and others, have. had recourse to this medicine as a sub- 
stitute for digitalis, in coughs and pneumonic complaints; and on 
some occasions it is said that it proved as efficacious as Fox-glove, 
when administered with the same care ; on it was found less de- 
Kiam than this sapetiene’ . 
_ The leaves and- the seeds of Pacopaal are, sities to Dr. 
Barton ‘and: Dr. ‘Downey, evidently deleterious. The latter produce 
effects similar to those brought on by the seeds of Stramonium, or 
thorn-apple. The experiments of the last-named gentleman were 
made with the unripe seeds, and he says they exerted “a very con- 
siderable influence over the pulse, and a stupifying narcotic 
quality.”t They therefore may be considered as incitants; and in 
common with other articles of that class, they are said sometimes 
to act as diaphoretics and diuretics. 
. The best time to collect this plant for eneilftea purposes is, 
when the seeds are ripe, which is about the beginning of May. 
C(CONOMICAL USES. 
The juice of the root of Puccoon makes a fine dye of an 
~ orange colour, and is used by the country people for staining flan- 
* Barton’s Collections, &c. part 2. p. 40: ¢ Thatcher’s Disp. p. 202. + Inaug. Diss. 
