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Materia Medica

Tonics

any thing of what we call a Phlogistic diathesis, he used them
in putrid fevers with success, they promote perspiration, and
sometimes prove cathartic. Dr Cullen did not perceive that they
had any determination to the uterus. Tonics are seldom used in
affections of the uterus, unless combined with steel, they may be
usefull in Chlorosis Febris abla of Dr Sydenham, some authors
consder them anthelmintic they are more usefull in the
destruction of some worms than some others, these are more usefull
in diseases from Lumbrico. Read in his experiments did not think
them of much service as anthelmintics. Dr Cullen found them
usefull in foul ulcers and checking gangrene, but in both cases
they may do harm if incautiously applied while there is
much inflamation. Dr Haller has hinted that all bitters possess
a nercotic [narcotic] quality and Dr Cullen believes they do, the pure bitters
they do not possess this power, and it is accident when it does
occur. This may be more frequent than is supposed, many
authors have recorded the narcotic power of Peruvian Bark, such as
stricture about the heart anxiety about the scorbiclus cordis, vomiting
& But this I believe to be owing to adulteration, which especially
happens in the Peruvian Bark to prove that they are not deleterious