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transmitted an account of it to Europe. It did not, however, 
attract much notice until Kalm, who also heard of its re- 
puted powers, whilst among the Indian tribes in Canada, in- 
duced somewhat extended trials of it; the results were at first 
thought to fully justify the praises bestowed upon it by 
Kalm, and Linn^us in Sweden, Havermann in Germany 
and Depau in France. But subsequent experiments have by no 
means confirmed the accuracy of their statements respecting 
its powers, and it is now seldom if ever employed, though 
there can be but little doubt that it is an active article, and ap- 
plicable to all cases in which the L. inflata has proved so 
eminently successful. From an analysis by M. Boissel, it ap- 
pears to contain a fatty matter of the consistence of butter, a 
saccharine matter, mucilage, super malate of lime, malate of po- 
tassa, traces of a very volatile, bitter substance, &c. 
Lycopus. — Several species of this genus, it would appear, are 
possessed of much higher powers than are generally attributed 
to them. The L. Europseus has long been employed in vari- 
ous parts of Europe in domestic practice as a febrifuge, and 
in Piedmont, where it is known under the name of erba china, 
it is considered as equal to the Peruvian bark. Dr. Re, of Turin, 
who experimented with it largely, states that in doses of two 
drachms it seldom fails in arresting the paroxysms of inter- 
mitting fevers. Dr. Broffiero, of the same place, confirms 
the statements of Dr. Re, and adds that it has proved highly 
useful in his hands as an astringent. 
The American species are very analogous in their medical 
properties, and have proved highly efficacious in the hands of 
several practitioners especially in New York and the New 
England states, where they appear to have been extensively 
exerimented with. Drs. Rogers and Pendleton, of New 
York have published several cases of pulmonary disease in 
which this remedy was of the greatest benefit. In fact, from 
the concurrent testimony of many eminent members of the 
profession, there can be little doubt that it acts in a prompt 
manner in restraining internal haemorrhagies, especially hae- 
