and superstition of his own time, and we believe his 
animadversions would equally apply to any period 
included in the subsequent thirteen hundred years. 
From the concurrent testimony of various authors, 
it may be presumed that, as a tonic and antiseptic, 
this plant is of great value. Dr. Collin, of Vienna, 
states that he cured nearly one hundred and fifty 
cases of ague, of different varieties, with the extract 
of Arnica montana ; and in putrid fevers, its anti- 
septic qualities he found to be equally eminent. The 
French extol it as a tonic in paralysis; and various 
other continental practitioners bear testimony to its 
virtues. Though it occupies a place in our Phar- 
macopoeias, it never has attained, amongst British 
practitioners, a proportionably high character. 
The extract is given, according to Dr. Crichton, 
in the quantity of a drachm per day. If a quarter of 
an ounce of the plant be infused in a pint of water, 
half of the infusion may be taken in the course of 
twenty-four hours. Of the powdered leaves or root, 
the dose is from five to ten grains. From its active 
qualities, this medicine is not well adapted to domes- 
tic use ; but in the hands of a medical man, there 
can be no doubt but its properties may be produc- 
tive of very beneficial effects. 
The Arnica montana is an ornamental herbaceous 
flowering plant, of a rather showy character, some- 
what remarkable for the drooping irregularity of its 
petals. It grows freely on a moderately dry border 
of peat and common garden soil ; and may be divided, 
in the spring for increase ; but this should not be 
practised frequently, or it will be destroyed, or ren- 
dered too weak to flower luxuriantly. 
Hort. Kew. 2, y. 5, 83. 
