General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . , the WestIndies, and certain parts of South Ame-rica—is imported chiefly from the WestIndies, and the Brazils. Its odour isaromatic and peculiar; taste warm,bitterish and slightly acrid. Its vir-tues appear to be dependent upon vola-tile oil, and bitter extractive. It is considered to resemble serpen-taria ; and has been prescribed in thesame cases; but it is rarely used in thiscountry, or indeed any where. Thedose of the powder is 9j to 3ss; but it is best given in infusion (Con-trayerv. By, »%?
General therapeutics and materia medica (volume 1): adapted for a medical text book . , the WestIndies, and certain parts of South Ame-rica—is imported chiefly from the WestIndies, and the Brazils. Its odour isaromatic and peculiar; taste warm,bitterish and slightly acrid. Its vir-tues appear to be dependent upon vola-tile oil, and bitter extractive. It is considered to resemble serpen-taria ; and has been prescribed in thesame cases; but it is rarely used in thiscountry, or indeed any where. Thedose of the powder is 9j to 3ss; but it is best given in infusion (Con-trayerv. By, »%? Dose, fJiss.) 22. Cotula, May-weed.—The herb *fln-themis Cotula, May-weed, wild chamomile,which grows abun-dantly both in theUnited States and Eu-rope ; flowering fromthe middle of summertill late in the autumn,has properties essen-tially the same as cha-momile; but its smellis so disagreeable, thatit is rarely substitutedfor it. By the physi-cian, it is seldom ornever prescribed. Theflowers are less disa-greeable than theleaves, and may begiven in infusion. Vol. II.—4. Antbemis Cotuta. 50 SPECIAL TONICS. Fig. 135.
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