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given in coughs and other complaints of the 

 lungs, but is generally joined with other 

 expectorants. It is certainly, though weak, 

 a very grateful stimulant, and does much 

 good where the stomach is weak, and dis- 

 posed to flatulency ; it is, therefore, an use- 

 ful ingredient in cordial medicines. The 

 dose is about one ounce or rather more. 



All the virtues of aniseed reside in its es- 

 sential oil, which is easily obtained by dis- 

 tillation. This is by far the neatest and most 

 convenient form for using the medicine, 

 and should generally be preferred. 



The dose is from half a dram to one 

 dram. 



ANTHELMINTICS. Medicines that de- 

 stroy worms, or expel them from the in- 

 testines. The most effectual are the mer- 

 curial purgatives. (See Pharmacopoeia, 

 article Anthelmintics.) 



A variety of vegetables have been thought 

 to possess this quality, but without founda- 

 tion ; among these are box, rue, savin, and 

 wormwood, ^thiop's mineral, antimony, 

 sulphur, and tin, have also been considered 

 2ls anthelmintics : but I have never known 

 any of them effectual in this way. I believe. 



