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It is said that the mongoose, when bitten by a 
cobra, runs at on ce into the jungle and seeks out a 
New Haven in 1843, and on opening it I found it to 
every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the 
ub- 
ject assigned me, “Medical Botany,” the titles of 
which were “Lobelia Inflata,” “Capsicum Annum” and 
“ Myrica Cerifera.” Lobelia and calomel were men- 
tioned on nearly every page and appeared in the titles 
of many of the articles. It is probably unnecessary 
