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Show 140 RED PERUVIAN BARK TREE. shows, owing to the muriated mercury; andin this form I have ordered a dessert-spoonful to be taken, drinking after it a cup of gruel, at twelve at noon, seven in the evening, and. bed-time, and removed thereby the most obstinate cases of scabbyeruptions, and cases of venereal affection, without hurting the constitution, or producing salivation, the common pernicious eflects of the usual application of mercury. R.. 19. Takeof decoction of bark ounces 7, tincture of myrrh purified nitre - Make into a gargle. ~ - drachms 2, drachms 3: This is a sovercign method to disperse a tumified gland, or common sore throat. By taking upon such occasions a small lump of purified nitre, and putting it into the mouth, andletting it dissolve there, and then removing it, and applying it again in a few seconds, swallowing the saliva, I have always for many years prevented a sore throat from forming ; and sometimes I have added to this process the taking a teaspoonful of brandy on sugar, letting the saliva pass onthe side where the gland of the neck has become enlarged from cold or infection, A flannel should be put round the throat, or a stocking. WOODY NIGHTSHADE. SOLANUM DULCAMARA. Class ¥. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. Essent, Gen. CHAR. Corolla rotate: Anthers nearly coalesced, opening at their apices by two pores: Berry two-celled. Spec, CHar. Siem ugarmed, shrubby, winding: Superior leaves hastate Racemes cymose, serene — - DESCRIPTION. Tih plant rise sto four, five, or six feet in height. Branches climbing. Leaves long, oval, pointed, on the top hastate, or h albert-shaped. Flowers in loose clusters, always turning against the leaves, and avoiding the sun. Corolla composed of one petal, wheel-shaped, divided at the border into five pointed segents, which are bent back, and of a purple colour. Promi- hences like dots surrounding the rim of the corolla form the hectary, “erolla, | The yellow anthers make a beautiful contrast to the Theso flowers becomebilocular berries, which acquire ir é . . . |