NAT. ORDER. — CAPRIF0LIACE,E. G1 



more soluble in water tlian the Cinchona. Sometimes the fresh bark 

 disagrees with the stomacii, producing a burning heat, nausea, «&c. ; 

 but it is improved by keeping at least one year. 



Medical Properties and Uses. The Corniis JInrida i.s tonic, as- 

 tringent, antiseptic, coroborant, and stimulant. It is one of the best 

 native substitutes for Cinchjtia, although evidently differing in some 

 respects. Tiic powdered bnrk quickens the pulse, and sometimes 

 produces pains in the bowels ; but the sulphate of cornine and the 

 extract are not so stimulant. They are iiighly recommended and 

 used in intermiltcnt and remittent fevers ; also typiiusand all febrile 

 disorders. In cases of debility it acts as a corroborant, and may be 

 joined in practice with many of the bitter tonics. The flowers 

 have the properties, and are greatly used by tiie Indians, in warm 

 infusion, for fevers and colics. All t!ie various preparations of the 

 bark and the flowe;s have a more agreeable bitterness than the Peru- 

 vian bark. 



Dr. James Osgood informs me that he lias been in the habit of 

 using the Cornus Jlorida in connection witli the Aletris farinosa, and 

 Trillium Uitrifolium , for female weaknesses, leucorrhoea, general de- 

 bility, t'v^^c. For tiie tre itmcnt of these complaints he found it ] ar- 

 ticularly scrvicable. I h.ne my.self eniplDved it in many instances, 

 as an astringent and tonic ; also in connection with other remedies, 

 for weakness of tlie digestive organs ; and I know of no bitter which 

 is more grateful and eflectual in cases of this kind than this one. 



In the cure of intermittents this bark has been in great use in 

 many parts of the cointry; aid from the concurrent testimony of 

 those who have employed it, as well as from my own experience, 

 I am persuaded that of all our indigenous tonics, this bark is the 

 most useful in the pre.sent disease. The late Professor Rarton ob- 

 serves : " I believe we may Avitli entire safety assert, that as yet we 

 have not discovered, within the limits of the Unitecl States, any 

 vegetables which have been found so effectually to answer the pur- 

 pose of the Peruvian bark, in the management of intermittent fevers, 



