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New Brunswick to North Dakota, south to Georgia, Mississippi, and 
Arkansas. — Bull. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, No. 89. 
p. 40. 
Fyfe, John William, quotes an early writer to the effect that jug- 
lans, when given in doses of 15 to 30 grains, operates as a cathartic, 
without occasioning heat and irritation ; also employed as an aperient 
in habitual costiveness, as it does not leave the bowels in a costive 
state.— -Eclectic Med. J., Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 318. 
JUNIPERI N. F. 
Fyfe, John William, asserts that Juniperus communis was believed 
to exercise a very stimulating action on the general economy, but 
more especially on the kidneys, increasing the secretion of those or- 
gans. It was principally employed in dropsy. — Eclectic Med. J., 
Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 320. 
KAViE N. F. 
Felter, Harvey Wickes, quotes S. M. Sherman as to the specificity 
of Piper methysticum. The patient presents an appearance that sug- 
gests Bright’s disease, and yet an examination of the urine fails to 
show the characteristic signs of that disease. Keally no organic dis- 
ease seems to be present. Twenty to 30 drops of the specific in 
water four times a day for three or four months will cure him. — 
Eclectic Med. J., Cincin., 1906, v. 66, p. 394. 
The editor of the California Med. J. adds his testimony as to uni- 
form results from Piper methysticum in gastric atony. — Abstr. Ibid., 
v. 66, p. 543. 
MENISPERMI X. F. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Menispermum canadense L., likewise called 
menispermum, yellow parilla, Canada moonseed, Texas sarsaparilla, 
and vine maple, as being found in woods along streams from Canada 
to Georgia and Arkansas. — Bui. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 
1906, No. 89, p. 46. 
RUMICIS N. F. 
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Henkel, Alice, mentions Rumex crispus L., commonly known as 
rumex, yellow dock, curled dock, narrow dock, and sour dock, as a 
weed introduced from Europe, and common in cultivated and waste 
places throughout the United States. Rumex obtusifolius L., other- 
wise known as bitter dock, blunt-leaved dock, and broad-leaved dock, 
is also mentioned. Naturalized from Europe, and found in waste 
places from New England to Florida, west to Texas and Oregon. 
The root of Rumex obtusifolius is frequently collected with that of 
Rumex crispus.—- Bull. Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, 
No. 89, p. 60. 
