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Diaphoretics

the Eupatorium. The class in order is those which determine to the
skin without producing sweat, "and first of."

Guaicum officinales. Or Lignum Vita, of which
there are three kinds. It is the Gum Guicum which we use and this is
a Gum Resin, a Warm Stimulant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic and
Purgative, the wood is often used in decoction and maybe given in the
quantities of lbij [2 pounds] to lbviij [8 pounds] pr Diem [per day]. This medicine was formerly
trusted to principally in the cure of Syphilis before Mercury became
to be known as a specific. It is now pretty generally agreed to on all