128 RATTLEWEED ROOT. 



Mix and macerate for 20 days and filter. One 

 tea spoonful should be taken 3 times a day, in 

 sweetened water, which may be increased or 

 diminished so as to produce 3 or 4 operations on 

 the bowels in 24 hours. I have seen some per- 

 sons that it would not purge. It sometimes 

 produces vertigo before it begins to operate, but 

 these symptoms will all subside after the purg- 

 ing commences, yet it will cure if it does not 

 purge. Several cases of Vitus' Dance are re- 

 corded by Dr. Jesse Young, in which it per- 

 formed cures after other remedies had failed. — 

 It is usuaUy administered in decoction by those 

 living in the country. One ounce of the pow- 

 dered root is boiled in a pint of water for a few 

 minutes, and a small wine glassful given from 

 3 to 5 times a day according to its effects. 



PIPSISSEWAY OR WINTER GREEIST. 



This is an evergreen found in pine woods and 

 in light shady soils in all parts of the United 

 States, which^ blossoms in mid summer, f he 

 whole plant has rather a pungent and bit';er 

 taste. 



