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and country. It efpecially anfwers ia 

 continued or remitting low worm-fevers, 

 in which I ufe its decodtion, adding a 

 fmall proportion of the root of the fer- 

 pcntaria Virgin, Its efFetls in abating 

 the feverifli exacerbations are fo confide - 

 rable, that in thefe I coniider it as the 

 jHoft powerful fedative. It is an excellent 

 attenuant. It keeps longer than I at firll 

 thought ; for I have lately ufed it feveral 

 years old, with great fuccefs. 



Singular Ejfeds of the Indian Pink. 



A young lady, ten years of age, took 

 fome dofes of the root, with a drop of the 

 oU rut(g in each, which did not purge her. 

 Two days after the laft dofe, fhe was fei- 

 zed with a fullnefs and giddinefs of the 

 head, followed by a dimnefs of the fight, 

 Thefe continued for two days, when they 

 abated a little ; then there was obferved 

 a bluenefs round her eyes, which fome- 

 times fpread all over her cheeks and the 



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