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pily cured this malady with castoreum. Nobody is ignorant of the 

 numerous maladies the spleen can cause in the human body by its 

 swelling and painfulness, which I have often dispersed with the 

 same remedy. 



' ' A girl whose memory was completely lost through a malignant 

 fever, recovered it again with the help of castoreum, to the great as- 

 tonishment of her parents, who thanked me a thousand times. 



LOWER INCISOR TOOTH OF THB BEAVER. 



" Castoreum does much good to mad people ; and those who are 

 attacked with pleurisy give proof of its effect every day, however 

 little may be given to them. Castoreum destroys fleas ; is an ex- 

 cellent stomachic ; stops hiccough : induces sleep ; prevents sleepi- 

 ness ; strengthens the sight, and taken up the nose it causes sneez- 

 ing and clears the brain. 



"Although authors who have written of venemous animals, put 

 castoreum under the head of poisons, it is used as an antidote to the 

 sting of scorpions, spiders and the Tarantula, the bad effects of op- 

 ium and even against the pestilence. 



' 'As all these remedies have a limited virtue, and can even some- 

 times become injurious, one ought not to be surprised if castoreum 

 does not always produce the anticipated result. 



