1s florida. eke : 
a year + collected Dr. Gregg says he “used the Dogwood twenty- 
fears, ‘tite — time > he Noe its: virtue such as to con- 
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gave the idiot in dees of oulriurd ait: iin quantity he 
‘ound equal to thirty grains of the Peruvian bark. In some cases 
Cc ombined the Dogwood with the Virginian snake-root, in the pro- 
pee of thirty grains of the former and six of the latter; repeated 
alf hour for two days, He concludes his communication to 
ker with this observation: “I have often used the Dogwood 
joined with Gentian, Columbo, Chamomile, and with Aromatics in 
bitters, and have found it equal to the Peruvian bark, and therefore 
conclude it is a valuable medicine.”+ Dogwood has also been used 
in combination’ with the bark of the Liriodendron tulipifera, or tu- 
lip-tree » both in decc ction and in substance. The bark of the root, 
tem, and smaller branches, is used. That of the root is by some 
thought meet efficacious. An infusion of the ripe berries in spirit 
has been used in intermittent fevers. We- “ae lanes yur In 
+ ais es iinaleag nest co. se 
a OF his Finfaliter’ of idee heabin has we odiliniatiiaed in flatu- 
lent piviss ; and Dr. Barton says he has used it as a tea.t_ The Pro- 
fessor also mentions —— the information. of the me Dr. Nicholas 
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