Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . in the morning. A very light dietis advisable before taking the treatment. Polypody.—This is avery common fern, foundon mountains and rocksthroughout the UnitedStates, especially upnorth. It is used as anexpectorant and purga-tive. A syrup made fromthis plant is good forlung diseases. A strongdecoction given to chil-dren will expel root, given withother drugs, is used t«purify the blood. Silkweed or MilkwMd.—This grows plentifullythroughout the UnitedSta
Health knowledge : a thorough and concise knowledge of the prevention, causes, and treatments of disease, simplified for home use . in the morning. A very light dietis advisable before taking the treatment. Polypody.—This is avery common fern, foundon mountains and rocksthroughout the UnitedStates, especially upnorth. It is used as anexpectorant and purga-tive. A syrup made fromthis plant is good forlung diseases. A strongdecoction given to chil-dren will expel root, given withother drugs, is used t«purify the blood. Silkweed or MilkwMd.—This grows plentifullythroughout the UnitedStates, especially insandy grounds. It is atall plant with a yellowflower and milky drug contained inits root acts especiallyon the urinary an ounce of the rootin a pint of water, andstrain; it is then ready for use. As the drug is very bitter,sugar may be added. It has proved very beneficial in all casesof dropsy. Niter, also known as saltpeter, nitrate of potassium, and, inthe form of sticks, as sal prunella, is a crystalline substanceof a sharp saline taste, found native in India, Persia, and other. Polypody 1194 MATERIA MEDICA places. It is very irritating to the stomach and is not now usedinternally, but is of great use for inhalation in the treatmentof asthma, since the nitrate in burning gives off nitrites. Twoand a half ounces of the saltpeter are dissolved in a tumblerfulof water, and squares of thin white blotting-paper about sixinches in diameter are dipped in this brine and then allowedto dry. AVhen used they are folded like a tent, set on a plate,and lighted at the edges. Several of these burned in the roomof a person suffering from asthma generally give speedy Acid is one of the strongest of the mineral acids, andis a clear, heavy liquid, becoming brownish with age. It iskept in dark, glass-stoppered bottles, and immediately thestopper is removed from the bottle irritating white fumes aregiven off. In its pure state nitric ac
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