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relieving the breathing of pleuritic patients in the most advanced 
stage of the disease; and in pneumonic fevers, recent colds, ca- 
tarrhs and diseases of the breast in general, this remedy has in 
his hands proved equally efficacious. He directs it to be given in 
the form of strong infusion, a tea-cup full every two or three 
hours. By many families in the country this root has long been 
esteemed as a domestic medicine, resorted to for the relief of pains 
of the stomach from flatulence and indigestion ; hence the vulgar 
name of Wind-root, by which it is known in some parts of the coun- 
try, and from its colour it is by some called White-root. ‘It is said 
that by a perseverance for several weeks in the use of about one 
drachm of the powdered root every day, the lost tone of the 
stomach and digestive powers has been restored.” is 
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Fig. 4. A branch of Asclepias tuberosa, of the natural size. 
2. A flower. 
3. The Nectary. 
4. The calix and germ. | = 
