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_ to, at tooearly a period of the disease. The. ef- 
ficacy of a certain vegetable astringent pith, in. 
the same affections. Solutions of acetate of lead, 
used in phlegmonous inflamation : in erysipelas,. 
its effects. Vegetable and mineral astringenis use- 
ful in scurvy. Different modes of application in — 
which I have found them serviceable in that dis- — 
ease, at sea, and on land. Have also been ad-— 
vantageously used in the neuroses, as tetanus, cho-_ 
rea, epilepsy. asthma, pertussis ; for these diseases _ 
cinchona. misletoe, bistort, the salts of iron. cop-_ 
per. zinc and tin, have been prefered; not so- 
useful as the narcotic stimulants in these affec-— 
tions. In plethoric epilepsy, certainly hartful; in_ 
hysteria the mineral astringents useful, acting as_ 
antispasmodics in subduing clonic spasm. Of 
doubtful efficacy in asthma. unless in lax female 
habits, where it occurs as a symptom of hysteria 
In that case, as in anginose affections from othe 
causes, as gout, &c. they are serviceable. and my 
experience warrants the assertion. ‘Their effica- 
cy in hooping-cough, cannot be supported, unl 
invigorating exercise in cold air, be considered © 
acting by its astringing influence. a 
In cutaneous diseases, astringents have lo 
been favourite remedies, internally and externally 
exhibited:—as the itch, scald-head, psoriasis, and 
other leprous affections. They succeed whe 
every thing else has failed. In these and in oth 
affections, they enhance the power of mercurial 
medicines. Kino ointment, in psoriasis; mer- 
curial ointment with powdered kino. Astringent# 
have been used in rickets; if any are serviceable, 
the metallic astringents should be used ; in scrofu- 
Ja, astringent bitters used; atonic state of lym- 
phatic system. often relieved by them. Powdered 
vegetable astringents always are the bases of 
