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day, and. continued till well. It may produce” 
a singular sensation a few times at the ot n- 
; and only © 
is nowise dangerous, 
shows that it takes effect. Those w are trou- 
bled with a real liver complaint, can do no bet- 
ter than to give it a trial) in the. last toned 
form. =e 
Devil's Bit. 
This plant Tees three feet high, with a small, 
ound, green stalk, set with many long, smooth, 
dark green leaves; at the end of each branch 
stands a roun d he ad. of many small blue flow- 
| = IE grobes th 
swath y small hai 
of Sbleekich color outside, and brow within. 
It has been confounded with the star feck but 
it is an entirely different article, 
e root is a good astringent and tonic, and 
is efficacious in the cure of scrofula, reliey- 
b 
bruised root to two ees aay give a tea-cup- 
; ful for a dose, four times 
"eer Se “tiduced Reaat 
The shrub or tree grows a ten to thirty 
mon in swamps and moist lan 
_ feet high, 
- the United States. it; is generally well 
in by its large white flowers, which appear 
in May. 
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