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AMERICAN GENTRAURY. 



Its Medical Froperties and Use. 



• Every part of this plant is a pure and very 

 strong bitter. It is used in form of tea or tinc- 

 ture and is good for ague and fever. It was 

 used in the yellow fever at Philadelphia with 

 good effect. It may be given even when the 

 fever is on^ in such quantities as the stomach 

 will bear. It is not apt to nauseate and is an 

 excellent tonic for the stomach , which improves 

 the appetite and promotes digestion. It is high- 

 ly recommended by Drs. Barton, Chapman and 

 Elliott, all of whom are physicians of high re- 

 spectability. 



DANDELINE. 



Has been much employed in Germany and 

 the United States^ and is certainly a valuable 



