On the Use of Indigo. 35 



REMARKS. 



The first of the vines mentioned above is the Rhus 

 Toxicodendron: the second (and that which is direct- 

 ed to be used) is the Rhus Radicans. A decoction 

 of the vines of the Rhus Radicans, known by the 

 names of Poison- Vine, Cow-itch, Mercury, &c, has 

 lately been employed, in a case of pulmonary con- 

 sumption, in the Pennsylvania Hospital. The par- 

 ticulars of this case will, in due time, be published 

 in this Journal. At present, it seems proper to ob- 

 serve, that after the medicine had been employed, for 

 some time, with evident advantage, the patient (a 

 delicate female) fell a victim to the disease. 



The Editor. 



X. Memoranda?}! concerning the Use of Indigo in the 

 disease of Cynanche Trachealis. 



THE following preparation of Indigo is said 

 to have been used, with much advantage, in the dis- 

 ease of cynanche trachealis, croup, or hives. 



A portion of the common Carolina Indigo (the/^- 

 cida so called) is put into a rag, and is stirred about 

 in water, until the latter becomes strongly impreg- 

 nated with the colouring matter. Of this water the 

 doze for a child, two or three years old, is a tea- 

 spoonful, every eight or ten minutes. 



