duced by their accounts, and the obvious expectorant effects of the 
plant, I — ittoa patie ace who ete 
Dr. Cutler. Saath shied ethheat dat ting siniaassfct 
ago, on a botanical ramble, he discovered it growing in a field not far from his house in 
Hamilton: ‘that, not having Linnzus them in his possession, he stipposed it tobe a non- 
descript species of the Lobelia : that by chewing a leaf of it, be was. puked two or three, 
times: that he afterwards repeated the experiment with the same effect : that he en. 
quired of his neighbour, on whose ground the plant was found, for its trivial name. 
He did not know of any; but was apprized of its emetic quality, and informed the 
doctor that the chewing of one of the capsules operated as an emetic, and that the chew- 
ing more would prove cathartic. Ina paper soon after communicated by the doctor to 
,h med | the plant, with the name of the /obelia medica. 
of its bein; applied’ dy medical ‘une tantly Sbfemenion, when, 
being severely afflicted with the asthma, Dr. Drury of Marblehead ‘informed him that 
a tincture of it had been found beneficial in asthmatic complaints, Dr. C. then made 
for himself a tincture, by filling a common porter bottle with the plant, pouring upon it 
as much spirit as the bottle would hold, and keeping the bottle ina sand heat for three 
or four days. see age ane eapgipmg ————— 
duced some nausea,and appeared to stimulate the whole i 
‘In ten minutes he again repeated the potion, which sicnsattinianeetr aes Sei and 
‘excited in his extremities a strong sensation like irritation: but he was relieved from a 
paroxysm of the asthma, which had not. since returned. He has since mentioned this 
‘tincture to some physicians, and has understood from them, that some patients have. 
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s “© + Lobelia, Class Pentanaris. Order Monogynia. * Capsule 2 or 3 celled : EGY teregela, clove} 
anthere united : stigina simple. “Species. Inflata : ‘stem erect ; leaves ovate, te ee 
the peduncle : capsules inflated. ; st aeaaneiiens aha 330” 
