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ringworms ; made into a cordial recommended for gout ; 

 the juice for earache and deafness. 



86. Sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis, in a decoction good 

 for all diseases of tVie skin, scrofulous sores, rheumatism, 

 gout, mercurial diseases, and lues venerea. 



CoRNACEAE. — 87. Boxwood or Dogivood, Cornus florida, 

 the bark astringent, antiseptic, and stimulant either as 

 a powder or as tea ; used also berries, bark, and flowers 

 for fevers and colics; with Sassafras officinale (No. 110) 

 in a poultice to clean foul ulcers. 



88. Green-osier, Cornus sericea (Kinnikinnik or Indian 

 Tobacco), bark an ingredient in erysipelas tea and cancer 

 tea — (it is possible, however, that the Salix cordata is 

 meant). 



Caprifoliacea. — 89. Elder, Sambucus Canadensis or 

 S. pubens, flowers in a tea for scurvy and bowel com- 

 plaints ; inner bark in dropsy, diuretic ; made into an 

 ointment cures eruptions of the skin ; flowers in decoction 

 useful in erysipelatous fevers ; the berries for the same 

 purposes as bark and flowers. 



(90. High Cranberry, Viburnum Opulus.) 



163. Nanny Bush, Black Haiv, Viburnum prunifolium, 

 " the bark is an excellent tonic and is considered superior 

 to Peruvian bark." 



RuBiACEAE. — 15. Cleavers, Goosegrass, Galium Aparine, 

 diuretic, crumbles calculi of kidneys or bladder, but " being 

 of a cold nature it is not proper in dropsies or other 

 diseases of cold and debility."" 



(91. Partridge Berry, Mitchella repens.) 



164. WJnte Ball, Butterwood Shrub, Little Snowball, 

 S'lvarapwood, Dog^tuood, Globe Floioer, Cephalanthus occi- 

 dentalis, tonic, cathartic, diaphoretic, flowers, leaves, bark 

 of stems and roots ; a fine fragrant syrup made of the 

 leaves and roots a mild laxati\'e and tonic ; a decoction 

 of the bark of the roots cures intermittent fevers and is 

 useful in diarrhrea. 



Valerianaceae. — 16. Valerian, Valeriana ofiicinalis or 

 V. sylvatica, an excellent medicine in nervous complaints, 

 epilepsies, hysteria, and hypochondria, one or two tea- 

 spoonfuls of the poH'dered root two or three times a day. 

 (This plant is called "White Snake Root" in this work; 



