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I JkiUea MiUefolium, (Milfoil.)— U. 8. Disp., p. 1228 \pt 

 dix: Bd. A V,.v. Ifat. Med., 267; Le. Mat. Med., v. II.-, 106 

 Hoffman "De praestantia reraed. domest," l v : Bergii Mai. M< 



9; Mat. Y-- Pract.,299; Mer. 6 DeL. Diet, de Mat. Med., 

 t. [,22; Shec, PI. Carol., 91 j Lind. Nat. Syst., 253. It m- 

 aroaat - the intoxicating effects of drinks, and is used ;i s h rem< dy 

 for the involuntary discharge of urine in children. . A tonic and 

 antispasmodic in passive hemorrl ind leucorrh 



[corns Calamus, (Calemus.)— Pe; Mat Med. and Therap., 

 II. : R le's Mat. Med., 602; Le. Mat. Med., [.,261 ; Hoffi 

 man Oba rvations Phys. < 'him., t I.. Obs, I. ; El , Bot, Net.-. I., 

 403; I . s. Disp., L45; Bd. & Vav. Mat Med., 281 ; Ball. A 

 (. ir. Mat Med., 131 ; Bergii .Materia Medica, 287 ; M< r. & De 

 I . t. L63; Woodv. Med. Botany, Ann. de Chim., LXXXL, 



2; Coxe \;n. Disp., 18; Shec. PI. Carol., ,96. \n aromatic 

 stimulant and stomachic. Ed. 6c Vav. state that it has been ad- 

 ministered successfully in intermittent fever. "On l 1 a beaucoup 

 vnnte pour combatre lessyraptomescgrdbraux qui accompagnent 

 la seeonde pe>iode des tie v res dites ataxiques." Op. cit.. 282, It 

 is nsed as a remedy lor flatulency. 



1 Jiyranthes /</.-> rw, (Forty knot.) — Fr. Elems., 2S7. A valua- 

 ble diuretic in ischury and dvsnry. 



Aesculus pavia. (Bnckeye, Horse chesnut.) — Shec. Fl. Carol., 

 [06, Reliev< a tooth-ache ; has the property of intoxicating fish 

 when thrown in pools of standing water. (See Ell. Bot.) Starch 

 is made from the fruit. 



Agav< Virginica. —Ell. Bot.. I.. 402. \ domestic remedy for 

 flatulent colic : used in St. John's for the bit^ of the rattle-snake ; 

 called, by negroes, rattle-snake's master It grows in \\ assama- 

 saw. and is not very common. 



[grimonia cupatorioi Agrimony.) — Ed. vV Vav. Mat. Med., 

 [33 : Parr's Med. Diet, art Agr. oupatoria ; U. S. Disp., 1224 . 

 App. Le. Mat. Med., I . 42; Cullen's Mat. Med., II.. 31; Bergii 

 Mat. Wed . I.. KM ; Mer. ,V De L. Dict.de Mat. Med., 1 1., 114 

 Shec. Fl. Carol.. III.: Find. Nat. Syst of Bot, II 1. With bis- 

 muth, it imparts a golden dye to wool. An astringent in passivo 

 hemorrhage, gonorrhoea and leucorrhoea, highly recommended 

 as a deobstruent in jaundice and visceral obstructions. v See Op. 

 cit.) The India-: ,t intermittent fever. 



Alt turoa, Fellow Star Grass. -Ell. Hot.. 1,39; Fr. 

 £83; U.S. Dis] " Purgative and nauseating in large 

 dos 



1 fa inosOi [Unicorn Root) — Pe. Mat. Med. and Therap,, II.' 

 [21 : Fr. Elenm, 293; Mer. & I >■ L Diet, de Mat. Med., t. I 



161 : Fmd. \ it. 8 i Bot., 353; Big. \m. Med. Bot, III . '. 



Phil. Trans., ahr. VIII 333; Cutler Am. Acad I 

 Both of these plants have been used with success m in 



