Dr. Hancock on Haimarada. 13 



number of disorders lor which its nature and properties would 

 i to render it applicable. I could, indeed, make up a long 

 detail oi cases according to the common mode of setting off a 

 remedy ; and agreeably to the MM method, imagination might 

 supply the desiderata. I purposely avoid those long and tedious 

 tales of cliarlatanery. 



I beg leave simply to state a few of the results of my expe- 

 rience with this remedy ; at the same time wishing that no re- 

 gard mav be attached thereto without due examination, or until, 

 by rigorous investigations in abler hands, the subject shall be 

 illustrated in a manner unattainable by my humble efforts. 



As an emetic, about 25 grs. of the dried herb, in powder, 

 may be taken, or the infusiun of 30 grs. made in the manner of 

 tea with boiling water, and in this dose it acts easily and effica- 

 ciously. A dose of this kind, for several mornings successively, 

 i most effectual method of subduing a dysentery, especially 

 when accompanied by B redundant secretion of bile ; and 2 or 

 3 grs. may withal be repeated twice a day. 



The same ni.lhod pro\es most successful in bilious remittent 

 and intermittent fevers. 



\\ hen llaimarada ifl ndminist. -red in small doses with common 

 salt (muriate of soda), its action is directed upon the intestines 

 and the kidnej •• 



Its activity tl also manifested both as a diuretic and a sudo- 

 rilic, l»\ ( ■iiiidiinatioii with nitre and Opium. 



Li I tonic, diuretir, and itmiIumiI, it is best , as with most other 



pot. ni r. -in. -dies-, to begin vita small dos. m t's i gnii ot two 



terioe or thrice ■ dnj •, gvaduairj to ragment the dose till ■ de- 



oJied 'He. t he prodnood mm the ■joton. and to continue its 



tor a Miiii.i.nt |M| rarying the dos.- Mtoidiag to its ,ii.. is, 



and us thejodgM nt of the practitioner mav mggest 



| pjj gome |) s a vermifuge, an. I is reputed to M M 



antidote to the bite el resMMoai aarpenti 



i rneily, ii is praised as a rwlaernrj ; sad I can bear «n 

 neti to iis utility si ■ di b rgeol and corrector of foul and spread- 



