180 — ORD. IX. Stellatee, — sprcer1a MARIZANDICA. 
« given it in hundreds of cases, and have been very attentive to its 
“ effects. Inever found it do much service, except when it proved 
“ gently purgative. Its purgative quality naturally led me to give 
“ it in febrile diseases, which seemed to arise from viscidity in the 
“ prime vice; and, in these cases, it succeeded to admiration, even 
“ when the sick did not void worms. 
“<Thave of late, previous to the use of the Indian Pink, given a 
“vomit, when the circumstances of the case permitted it; and I 
«* have found this method answer so well, that I think a vomit should 
“never be omitted. I have known half a dram of this root purge 
“as briskly as the same quantity of rhubarb; at other times I have 
«known it, though given in large quantities, produce no effect 
* upon the belly: in such cases, it becomes necessary to add a grain 
* or two of sweet mercury, or some grains of rhubarb; but it is to 
* be observed, that the same happy effects did not follow its use in 
“* this way, as when it was purgative without addition. The addition 
“ however of the purgative renders its use safe, and removes all 
“ danger of convulsions of the eyes,‘although neither ol. rute, sabine, 
“or any other nervous substance, is given along with it. It is, in 
* general, safer to give it in large doses than in small; for, from the 
 Jatter more frequently the giddiness, dimness of the sight, and 
“‘ convulsions, &c. follow; whereas, from large doses, I Fife not 
“known ‘any other effect than its proving emetic or violently 
“cathartic. To a child of two years of age, who had been taking 
“ten grains of the root twice a-day, without having any other 
*«‘ effect than making her dull and giddy, I prescribed twenty-two 
“‘ grains morning and evening, which purged her briskly, and 
“brought away five large worms.‘ After some months an increased 
* This root, when taken in large doses, and not readily passing off by stool or 
vomiting, is observed not only to afiect the head but in a peculiar way the muscles 
which move the eyes; an effect which is noticed both by Linning and Garden, and 
is to be removed by administering a cathartic, 
' According to Linning, ‘‘ thirty large worms, the terefes, were at once voided” 
by a Negro girl from the use of this root, J.-c. 
