108 Liriodendron tulipifera. 
that ‘the bark is at all useful for this virtue. Indeed itis to be 
regretted, “that the secondary effects of medicines should have so. 
much importance attached to them as frequently is the case. In 
dwelling upon these effee s, Writers are t 0 apt to lose sight of the 
prominent virtues of the plants of which they treat. There is some 
slight degree of astringency also, united with a portion of bitter- 
ness and aroma. ‘The bark of the root is simply tonic in its effects. 
It is a strong bitter, containing a small portion of a warm aromatic 
property, and an essential oil. It has long been employed by phy- 
sicians in the United States as a tonic; and, united with the Cornus 
florida wood, and the Prinos verticillatus, or winter-berry, it 
bass tins highly. commended for the cure of intermittents. It has 
even been said to be equal to the Peruvian bark. The late Dr. Rush 
mentions his having prescribed a large quantity. of the powder of the 
root, “ with as much satisfaction as any of the « common bitters of the 
shops.”*» It.is said that this bitter has been found particularly bene- 
ficial in the last stage of dysentery.t The powdered root has been 
used combined with steel dust in disorders of the stomach with 
success. Dr. Barton mentions: that the bark is cused in gout and 
Hipratina 1 have already said that it can only be safely adminis- 
the chronic state of the last disease ; and I confess myself 
sosjtcdd obs its curative power in the former, Ina letter} addressed 
* Transactions of the College of Physicians of. Philadelphia; 1793. = os oe 
_ {Thatcher's Dispensatory, 2d ed. p. 529, and Saag Sd.ed. p. 400. Also Shepf’s Mat. Med. 
arton’s Collections. __ ‘ ge 
