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speak of it in the highest terms, and they particularly recom- 

 mend it in colics and flatulence, and in obstructions of the 

 menses. A decoction of one ounce of the dried root, boiled in 

 three pints of water to a quart, is an excellent sudorific and 

 cordial, in the dose of a wine-glassful every two or tliree hours. 

 In this form it has been found of great service in typhus fevers. 

 The powder of the dried root is also given in substance, from 

 half a drachm to a drachm. This is a useful addition to the 

 Peruvian bark in agues, in the dose of a scruple to half a drachm 

 of the bark every three hours. It is likewise an excellent in- 

 gredient in the compound tincture of bark. 



The following will be found both an agreeable and highly 

 useful tincture in all disorders arising from flatulence, indiges- 

 tion, or any complaint of the stomach and bowels, and a good 

 preservative against these complaints. 



Take of Powdered red Peruvian Bark, one ounce and a half ; 

 Dried Orange peel, 



Angelica root bruised, of each one ounce ; 

 Brandy one pint. 



Infuse the ingredients in the spirit, and let them stand fourteen days in 

 a warm place ; then filter through paper. 



This cordial tincture may be taken in the dose of two tea- 

 spoonfuls to a table-spoonful in any home-made wine. In 

 marshy countries, where agues are prevalent, this will be found 

 a good preventive against those complaints, as well as a re- 

 medy for them when they have made their attack. In the 

 former case^ the dose above mentioned should be taken in 

 the morning just before going out of the house ; but in the 

 latter a full dose must be taken every two hours in the absence 

 of the fit. A wine-glassful of the tincture by itself, taken a 

 few minutes before the accession, will frequently prevent the fit ; 

 and if from twenty to thirty drops of laudanum be added, will 

 seldom or never fail. 



In the old Pharmacopoeias, there was a compound spirit of 

 Angelica, which was certainly not laid aside because found to 

 be uselessj but because it is too complicated for modern Phar- 

 macy. Such persons, however, as suffer much from wind in 

 the stomach and bowels, or hysterical aftections, will find 

 the greatest advantage from its use. It may be thus pre- 

 pared : — 



