Orobanche Virginiana, or Cancer -Root. Ill 



in proportion to the discharge, will sometimes last 

 two or three days*. 



Germantown, November 5tb, 

 1804. 



* For some observations concerning the properties of this vege- 

 table, see Collections for an Essay towards a Materia Mcdica of the 

 United-States. Part Second, pages 6 — 10. Since the publication 

 of the work just referred to, I have been informed, that a decoc- 

 tion of the Orobanche has been found useful in cases of cholic. 

 But on this subject, I have not received any precise information. 

 Editor. 



