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In putrid fevers, as we are told, attended with coldness of 

 the extremities, colliquative sweats and stools, and great de- 

 jection of spirits, this bark performed wonders, and many re- 

 covered by its use. Vide Roupe de Morbis Navigantium, 

 p. 311. 



Habitual colics, with bloody stools, attended with fever and 

 delirium, have been radically cured by the simaruba bark. 



Immoderate fluxes of the menses and from piles, have been 

 happily stopped by this medicine; and it would appear, from 

 some late trials, that fluor albus has been remedied by the 

 same bark. 



De Haen found the simaruba to be an excellent vermi- 

 fuge, and used it with success in diseases depending on worms, 

 particularly fluzes. 



My own experience, and that of many living friends, are 

 convincing proofs to me of the efficacy of this medicine ; and 

 I hope the simaruba bark will soon be in more general use 



QUASSIA SIMARUBA. 



Flos masculus. 



Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, parvum, quinquefidum, den- 



ticulis ovatis, erectis. 

 Cor. Petala quinque, sessilia, sequalia, lanceolata, subrevoluta., 



calyce triplo longiora, calyci inserta. Ncciarium ex squa- 



mis decern ovatis, villosis basi filamentorum interiori in- 



sertis. 



Stam. Filamenta decern, nliforniia, eequalia, longitudine co- 

 rollac. Antherai oblongae, incumbentes ; in centro floris 

 corpus carnosum, orbiculatum, decern sulcatum. 



PistiUum nullum. 



