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Materia Medica

Astringents

again was too weak, it was a valuable remidy in this disease, when
the piles are too high up a saturnine solution may be used, it is
necessary to distinguish between the different kinds of piles, one
arising from a torpid state of the alimentary canal occurring
in the decline of life in sedentary and Hypochondric patients,
here galls are proper, possably they may be given internally with
advantage, but in the febrile state of the piles they are
injurious and the depleting plan will be necessary, and infusion may
be used with advantage as an injection in gleets, in the
disease called gonorrhea many vegitable astringents have been
used, and some have been used with the greatest advantage,
such as rose leaves, and green tea &c, which have succeeded after
all other remidies have failed. Balsam Copaiva blended
intimately with calomel is an excellent remidy, where there is no
inflamation. Dr Swedier recommends a solution of galls
in gonorrhea and gleets as an injection, when the disease is
local astringents may be serviceable in weak injections, and in
such cases may be used in the first stage. My old preceptor
Dr Shippen found Hernia Humoralis brought on more frequently
from the use of the Sulp. of Copper than of any other article.