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quassta simarvBsA. ORD. XXXIf. Gruinales. 573 
« weakness of the bowels, In such cases, Dr. Monro gave two 
* or three ounces of the decoction every five or six hours, with 
“ four or five drops of laudanum; and found it a very useful 
“remedy. The late Sir John Pringle, Dr. Huck Saunders, and 
‘many others, prescribed the cortex Simaruba in old and obsti- 
‘© nate dysenteries and diarrhoeas, especially those brought from 
« warm climates. T'luxes of this sort, which were brought home 
“ from the siege of Martinico and the Havannah, were completely 
** and speedily cured by this bark. The urine, which in those 
« cases had been high coloured and scanty, was now voided in 
** great abundance, and perspiration restored. Dr. James Lind, 
«© at Haslar Hospital, says, that the Simaruba produced these effects 
“ sooner and more certainly, when given in such quantity as to - 
‘* nauseate the stomach. Dr. Huck Saunders remarks, that if the 
* Simaruba did not give relief in three days, he expected little 
« benefit from its farther use; but others have found it efficacious 
“ in fluxes, after a continued use for several weeks. “ My own 
** experience, and that of many living friends, are convincing 
“ proofs to me of the efficacy of this wamitide and I hope the 
«¢ Simaruba bark will soon be in more general use.” ‘ 3 
Dr. Wright recommends two drams of the bark to be boiled in 
twenty-four ounces of water to twelve ; the decoction is then to be 
strained and divided into three equal parts, the whole of which is 
to be taken in twenty-four hours, and when the stomach is recon- 
ciled to this medicine, the quantity of the bark may be increased 
to three drams. To this decoction some join aromatics, others a 
few drops of laudanum to each dose. 
e L.c. p. 78. It may here be remarked, that Dr. Cullen says, “¢ we can per- 
ceive nothing in this bark but that of a simple bitter, the virtues ascribed to it in 
dysentery have not been confirmed by my experience, or that of the be oy 
in this country; and leaving what others are said to have experienced to 
further examined and considered by practitioners, I ean only at present we 
that my account of the effect of bitters will perhaps explain the virtues ascribed 
to Simarnuba. In dysentery I have found an infusion of chamomile Rowers a more 
usetul remedy. Mat. Med. vol. ti. p. 75. 
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