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Materia Medica

Tonics

This plant was first discovered by myself, it is a valuable root
and deserves attention, it is of a large size a pure simple bitter
without astringency. In 1797 this plant was discovered in
the state of New York. It has since been found in many other
states it grows plentifully in Kentucky where it is called
Colombo, which it verry much resembles, it is verry valuable if
obtained about the time the leaves begin to dry and fall.

Cheronia angularis. It resembles the centaury
verry much but may be easily known from it by the bitterness of the
centaury residing in the leaves, that of Cheronia in the blossoms, it
is verry common in the United States, and known in families
by the name of Centaury. Quassia. We are acquainted
with three species of quassia the Amara, Simarouba, and
Polygama. Quassia Amara. This derives its name
from its discoverer Quassy a Negro Doctor of Surriname who kept
it a secret untill he was rewarded by a pupil of Linneus, its
discoverer used it in intermittant fevers with success, the quassia
has sometimes been used in gout. In inflamitory gout I am
of opinion it is verry injurious, the Quassia Amara is a tree
of a moderate size. In dispepsia and debility of the intestines