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tioners, this phenomenon would have shown them the worth- 

 lessness of their imaginary indications, when they aim at subdu- 

 ing obstructions which do not exist. 



" The following list of the symptoms* of the Taraxacum may 

 contribute to work this conversion, or to destroy the pathological- 

 therapeutic illusions in which practitioners wrap themselves. 

 It will do more still, it will teach us beforehand in what parti- 

 cular morbid affections the juice of this plant will act with 

 certainty as a medicine, and will henceforward prevent its use 

 in large doses under circumstances in which, not being homoeo- 

 pathic, it must certainly do harm. 



"When there is analogy between the Taraxacum and the 

 morbid affection, a single drop of the juice is sufficient 1o per- 

 form the cure. I say of the juice, because the manufactured 

 extract often contains copper, proceeding from the vessels in 

 which it is prepared." 



Antidote. — Camphor 



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