43^ ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Art. XIV. 



Of the anthelmintic Virtues of the Root of the 

 Indian Pink, being Part of a Letter from 

 Dr John Lining Phyjician at Charles- 

 toivn in South Carolinay to Dr Robert 

 IVh YTT, Profejfor of Medicine in the Utti- 1 

 verfifj of Edinburgh, 



Here is a plant, commonly cal- 

 led, by the Carolinians, Indian 

 Winkf which grows in this province, the 

 root of which is nfed as an anthelmintic, 

 and was firft communicated to the Eng- 

 Jifli by the Indians. 



The root is either given in powder, or 

 an infufion is made of it in boiling water : 

 But the powder is moft efFedlual. When 

 I give the powder, I add fome rhubarb (a 

 fufficient quantity to keep the belly open), 

 and a little of fome of the elTential oils, 

 as the ol. rut. fahin. or ahfinth. To a child 

 of three years of age, 12 grains of the 



root 



