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Materia Medica

Stimulants

of gout in the feet. I believe that more than half the cases of
palpitation that are met with in practice are of the gouty nature. I have
observed the pertussis is generally attended with fever and difficulty of
breathing, and generally bleeding are verry necessary, here bark cannot
be exhibitted, but I use the opium in the form of the brown mixture [pg 320] in the
intervals between the puking by the Vit. Alb.

Pyrosis or Water Brash. Linneus asserts that this disease is
common in Sweeden and brought on by fresh meats, it continues near the
whole of a persons life. Cullen says that it is relieved by opium but
this gives only a temporary relief. I think pyrosis is a form of dyspepsia.
I once used opium in it, and found it to be a palliative, but this
disease was cured only by the oil of Amber. I have given Kino
and rubeg. ferri combined with great advantage but I attribute the
effect principally to the former.

Cholic. There are many
varieties, when the pulse indicates a febrile state of the intestines especially
when costive, opium is improper, at least untill some evacuation by
purging &c. Hysteric Colic and that proceeding from cold opium
is usefull without any previous or particular evacuation, in Billious
Colic there is often a super abundance of bile discharged and opium
is verry usefull after this has taken place. Our medicine has been