A plain system of medical practice, adapted to the use of families . en out and has receded from anycause, as in measles, scarlet fever, chicken-pox, or any of theforms of rash, and even in smallpox. It may be given in sub-stance or in tea. The dose of the powdered root is from ten tothirty grains, according to the age and strength of the patient;but the infusion is preferable. Half an ounce of the root maybe simmered for a few minutes in water, and two table spoonfulsgiven every half hour, or hour, according to the demand of thecase. It enters into several valuable tinctures. (See formularies
A plain system of medical practice, adapted to the use of families . en out and has receded from anycause, as in measles, scarlet fever, chicken-pox, or any of theforms of rash, and even in smallpox. It may be given in sub-stance or in tea. The dose of the powdered root is from ten tothirty grains, according to the age and strength of the patient;but the infusion is preferable. Half an ounce of the root maybe simmered for a few minutes in water, and two table spoonfulsgiven every half hour, or hour, according to the demand of thecase. It enters into several valuable tinctures. (See formulariesin the back of the book.) EXTEMPORE GASEOUS CHALYBEATE WATER. Pure Sulphate of Iron, two Sugar, three drachms. Pulverize, mix, and divide into twelve powders. Take Super Carbonate of Soda, two Sugar, three drachms. Mix, and divide into twelve powders. One of each is mixed half a tumblerful of water, and poured together, and drankwhile effervescing. This is a pleasant drink, and a good tonicfor a weak stomach. S48 AMERICAN GINGER, AMERICAN GINGER—WILD GINGER—INDIAN GIN-GER—CANADIAN SNAKEROOT —HART SNAKE-ROOT—COLTS FOOT, &c. Asarum. The American asarum closely resembles the European illappearance and properties. It has a long, creeping, jointed,fleshy, yellowish root, furnished with radicles of a similar stem is very short, dividing, before it emerges from theground, into two long, round, hairy leaf-stalks, each of whichbears a broad, kidney-shaped leaf, pubescent on both surfaces, ofa rich, shining, light-green above, varied and pale, or bluishbeneath. A single flower stands in the fork of the stem, upon aa hairy, pendulous peduncle. The flower is often concealed bythe loose soil or the decayed vegetable matter at the root of theplant. The flower is of a deep brownish color on the inside. Itgrows in all the Eastern, Middle and Southern States, also in theWestern States. TINCTURE OF ACONITE. LATHES SLIPPER, ETC. 849 Medical pr
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