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Materia Medica

Tonics

much inspection to discover whether the hemorrhagy is of the
active or passive kind, with Dr Martin I am of opinion it
oftener originates from the same cause which produces our
intermittants than is generally supposed.

Dropsy. This generally arises from fever or is connected with it, as in
every paroxysm is succeeded by an increase of the swellings,
by attention to the febrile type may be perceived. Dr Lind
observed the tertian type through the whole course of the disease
during apyrexia the bark may be administered with success.

Hydrocephalus. When incipient I believe bark
would effect a cure, I believe 99 out of 100 are ushered in with
symptoms of intermittants. I have 30 or 40 cases every one
of which discovered those symptoms. I lost two negro girls
which belonged to my brother, the symptoms were that
of a tertian dropsy, after death we found on examination
the disease to be hydrocephalus.

Gangrene. Hunter divides this into two kinds one accompanied or
beginning with inflamation the other without, if inflamation
exists so as to require bloodletting bark and wine will be
improper, but if there is a loss of tone in the heart and arteries