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menses, and chlorosis. " It may also be given advantageously 

 with the decoction of dandelion or agrimony, in diseases of 

 the mesenteric glands or of the liver, and indeed in almost all 

 those cases where mercury is so profusely given by modern 

 practitioners."* It has been applied externally to ulcers and 

 various tumours, and is said to have proved beneficial against 

 cancer -f-. 



A drachm of the powdered leaves has been directed to be 

 taken in a glass of wine. The infusion is made with half an 

 ounce of the dried plant to a pint of boiling water, of which a 

 glassful may be administered twice or thrice a day : in this 

 form it is usually combined with germander. The alcoholic 

 extract in the dose of a scruple to a drachm, though seldom 

 employed, appears to be one of the most efficient preparations 

 of the plant. 



• J. A. Waller, Brit. Dom. Herb. p. 180. 



f Morgagni de sedibus et caus. rnorb. Epist. 39, § 35. — Peyrilhe Diss, de 

 Cancro. 



