Dr. Hancock on Sinsaparilla. 77 



tent antihydropic, especially in cases ef -real debility, and 

 where dropsy arises in emaciated habits. The diuretic power 

 of the Carony Bark has been already alluded to. (see p. 96 

 and 27). It is, perhaps, partly owing to this power, and partly to 

 its tonic and bracing effects, that this Bark has been found so aae 

 ful in dropsies, in which it has often proved a decisive remedy ; 

 and. at other times, a powerful auxiliary, along with a gentle 

 course of mercury and squills, with the use of Taraxacum, and 

 a grain of opium at night, and once or twice a week a dose 

 of the wild Elaterium, or bitter cucumber, MoMORDICA oper- 

 culata* in a solution of tartrate of potash. This is briefly the 

 plan which, in general, I have found most successful in dropsies 

 of various kinds, whether general or partial. 



I must here observe, tint in recent dropsies which come on 

 suddenly from colds and obstructions, we find depletion to be 

 of the first importance, the atM qua nou indeed. In this species 

 of dropsy, the blood is often observed to be sizy or quite gela- 

 tinous. The remedies just mentioned usually produce a degree 

 of tone and excitement in the system, such indeed, at times, as 

 to indicate bleeding. This condition, arising in adjnamioal 

 dropsies, in cachectic and hu, ^-phlegmatic habits, U ever to be 

 ITCV d M the most favourable ; and, under such circumstances 

 mnitaraftg depletion has been found most essentially to 

 promote the curative process, and to contribute to a happy re- 



oafvery. The diaeaaad action seems u these meaamtw to be 

 Mbverted, the dormant eaergiei of the \i til | or aerroaa ijini 

 to I..- round into nation; the Tmaala to reoorer their fronted 

 power ,,i contracting upon the ilnggiefa finada, of propelling 



them through the vems and capillaries, and of natoring the 

 healthv balance throughout all the OOTpO te al functions. 



The results of |uch cases teml to convince us, that remedial 



•gents vbicfa rr« are prone t«> regard as the most opposite and 



iiMomp.tible, not unfrei,u. ntl\ proi I the onlv curatu s in 



I !..» plant grow, ■bueuMlj M Um c .,„,t of BtMqw bo, ■ ip« [ail] tl ( 

 BaUv.-, Um pr..,- rt| ..I Mr. GilfMW, and at I'lanluOon Kuhiuund, MuriM lo. 

 Mr H.,„, " * 



