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PI. Carol., 191. Used in lues venerea. The rattle* snake's mas- 

 ter, par excellence of the negroes' they rely upon u almost i 

 clusively as a remedy for the lute of serpents. I have been in- 



fbrmed by one who possessed some local reputation as a leech, 

 thai he administered the hark of the root in substance ; from him 

 has been derived some information concerning plants used in 

 domestic practice, and also those derived from the Indians. Mo- 

 ral say-- thai it is employed in rheumatism, to allay pain caused 

 by carious teeth, and in violent colics. "Probably to be preferred 

 to any emetic yet discovered, among our native plant 



changtUca triquinaia^ (Angelica lucid a oi some authors/) 



1 . •. Mat. Med.. 1 . 85 : U. S. Disp., 98 : Woodv, .Med. Hot., SO, 



: Journ. dePharm^3,ser. 2, L24; Pe. Mat. Med. and Therap., 

 II.. L69; Ed ,V Vav, Mat. Med., 276 ; Mer. & DeL. Dict.de 

 .Mat. Med., t. [., 297 ; Shcc. PI Carol., 167. Thisposesses more 

 aroma than any of OUT indigenous plants; used in spasmodic 

 vomiting, flatulent colics and nervous head-aches; some say it 

 is powerfully emmenagogue. 



Argemone Mexicana, (Prickly Poppv.) — -Me. & l)e. L., Diet. 

 Univ. De. .Mat. Med. T. 1, 395; .lour, de Pharmacie, XIV, 

 7.) ; Hull. dvs. Se. Med. de Penis MIL 210; De ("and. Essay, 

 116. The neirroes of Senegal use a decoction of the root in Go* 

 norrhoea. In Java, they employ it in inveterate cutaneous dis- 

 eases, and as a caustic in Chancres. In the Indies, in Optlial- 

 mia and Coup de Soleil. "The flowers arc narcotic, and the 

 seeds may be substituted for Ipecacuanha/' See the Diet, de 

 Mat .Med. A more careful examination ot this plant might well 

 repay the labor bestowed upon it. 



Aristolochia Serpentaria, (Small or Virginia Snake Root.) — 

 Ed. & Vav. Mat Med.. 219 ; Ed. Mat Med. and Therap. I., 

 2S0: Troua. & Pid. Mat. Med., I. 336; Le Mat Med. I, 163; 

 Pr. Blems.,520; Bell's Pract. Diet. Mat. Med., 420 ; RoyteMat 

 Med., 532; l\ S. Disp. 668; Pe. Mat. Med. & Therap. I. 231 ; 

 Journ. de Pharmacie. VI.. 366' Jour, de Chimie, Med. T. VII., 

 193; Sydenham, Peechey's Trans. 1 Ed. 33: Ball. & Gar. 375; 

 Coll. Mat. Med. II, 86; Bergii Mat. Med. 11,765; Mer. & de 

 L. Diet de Mat. Med. t. . f ., 415 ; Big. Am. Med, Bot III., 

 82; Murray, App. Med. I., 348; Chap. Therap, and Mat. 

 Med II. 411; Ltnd. Hot Climates, L04, 264; Sbec. CI. Ca- 

 rol. 203; Eindley's .Nat. Syst. of Bot, 206; Barton's Med. 

 Bot II.. 51; Woodv. Med. Botany. Well known ;i^ a touic 

 and diaphoretic — of great value in the treatment of Typhus 

 fever, in Chlorosis, atonic affections ofintestinal canal ; indicated 

 where we arise to stimulate, and excite at the same tune a free 

 diaphoresis and diuresis. It promotes the cutaneous 

 in exanthematous diseases, where the eruptions are tardy. Csed 



