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Materia Medica

Tonics

will never come into general use for the cure of this disease
in consequence of there being so many other valuable tonics
as Arsenic, Cinchona, the peculiar property of Iron
as a tonic making its impression slowly on the system is
one cause why it is not seen in use, the preparations of Iron
are usefull in most diseases attended with debility and all
laxative habits.

Fluor Albus. This is generally
a disease of simple debility, and the preparations of Iron are
the most valuable medicines we can use, this I assert from my
own experience, but when the disease is accompanied with
fever Iron is highly improper.

Gleet. There is no disease
in which I have used the preparations of Iron with more success
than in this, when combined with some of the bitters. Gleet
originates generally from Gonorrhea, it depends on local debility,
the vessels of the parts having got a habit of effusing, continue
to do so after the cause of such action has been removed. In these
cases internal medicines are proper and the preparations of Iron
are the best we can use = they must be persisted in a long time,
beginning with small doses and gradually increasing them,
when managed in this way I have never failed of curing