56 NAT. ORDER. LOBELIACEvE. 



the present case, however, I ordered a tea, made from the plant and 

 roots, and one single handfull, to two quarts of water, boiled down 

 to three pints : of this, to drink a wine glass full, three or four 

 times a day ; externally, to bathe and wash the tumor with the 

 same tea, two or three times a day, and apply a poultice made 

 with one part of the powdered leaves of the same plant, and two 

 parts ulmusfulva, mixed with the same tea. This poultice should 

 be kept on both night and day, only removing it when the part is 

 to be bathed ; the poultice to be renewed once in twenty-four 

 hours. It may be proper to remark, also, that at the time of bath- 

 ing, I had the parts well rubbed with the bare hand, and the wash 

 freely apjilied. Although still under simple treatment, I consider 

 the cancer entirely cured, as not a vestige of it now remains. This 

 course of treatment, with a slight*variation according to circum- 

 stances, seldom fails of making cures of the most obstinate kinds. 

 As a remedy for cancer, it has long been used by the Indians, and 

 the secret sold for a high price. 



For wounds, amputations, inflammations, ulcers, and other 

 diseases which have a tendency to terminate in mortification, this 

 plant proves one of the most valuable articles in the Materia Med- 

 ica. The author would also remark, that one of the most obsti- 

 nate cases of gangrene which ever appeared on record, has just 

 been cured by the use of this valuable herb. The person re- 

 ferred to, is a Mr. Smiiie, a highly respectable gentleman of this 

 city, now living at 48 Delancy-street ; this gentleman had for the 

 last eight months been afflicted with dropsy, in the course of 

 which time, he had employed several eminent physicians, who 

 gave it as their opinion, that nothing farther could be administei-ed 

 to save the life of the patient ; both legs were swelled to an enor- 

 mous extent, and mortification had made its appearance. A strong 

 decoction made from the leaves of this plant, drank freely, and a 

 poultice prepared from the powder, mixed with elm, applied fresh 

 every day, effected a perfect cure. 



