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dyspepsia, and in convalescence ; also in the declining stages of 

 dysentery and diarrhcea. Often given with purgatives and aromatics. 

 Doso of powder, 10 to 30 grains ; of the infusion, made with 

 3ss. to Oj of water, f3j to f 2ij ; of the tincture, f 3j to f3ij. 



Gentian. — (Gentiana, U. S.) 



Root of the Gentiana lutea, a perennial plant, growing in the 

 mountainous regions of Europe. It comes in pieces of considerable 



Fig. 10. 



length, sometimes sliced longitudinally, twisted and much wrinkled 

 externally, and of a reddish-brown colour ; yellowish within ; of a 



