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22. Anemone pratensis. The extract of this is said to be useful 

 in cutaneous affections. Dose, two or three grains, gradually in- 

 creasing to a scruple. On this point, Storck, Gmelin, and Bonnet 

 all agree. The anemones are used in monthly suppressions. 

 Hand's Phys. and Surgeon. 



23. Coptis trifolia; 13, 13, L. Gold thread; mouth root. Off. 

 Tonic, astringent, and in great repute in canker, and ulcerations of 

 the mouth. 



24. Hepatica trilola. Liverwort ; 13, 13, L. This plant is 

 brought into considerable repute, of late, for the cure of coughs and 

 consumptions. Notwithstanding all the boasted panaceas of the 

 quacks, this fell destroyer still reigns triumphant, and probably the 

 day will never arrive when seated consumption will be curable. 



25. TJialictrum. Twenty-seven species known ; 13, 13, L. 

 Thalictrum dioicum. Meadow rue. A poultice made of the 



leaves of this plant has been known to relieve the pain of sciatica. 

 The roots of some of the species have been considered useful in the 

 bites of snakes, and the leaves have been used in making spruce 

 beer. 



26. Caltha palustris ; 13, 13, L. Cowslip ; Marsh marygold. 

 An excellent pot herb, though acrid when young. 



27. Ranunculus. Eighty-eight species known ; 14, 1, L. 



Ranunculus acris. Buttercup ; crowfoot ; yellow weed ; mea- 

 dow bloom ; yellow pilewort. This is put down in the secondary 

 list in the United States Pharmacopoeia. It is an acrid and poison- 

 ous plant. From depending on the English name, some have mis- 

 taken the geranium maculatum for this. See a communication from 

 Dr. Partridge and myself, in the Boston Medical and Surgical 

 Journal, vol. xviii. March 28, 1838. This plant is so Jbrid that it 

 has hardly ever been given internally, as it is apt to occasion in- 

 flammation of the stomach. Applied to the skin, it will blister 

 speedily, and does not produce strangury like the Spanish fly. 



28. The Ranunculus sceleratus possesses properties similar to 

 this. 



