Issue 10, pp. 753-832, October 1861, SMSJ

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1861.] Remedies of '1 7*51the do>e of a scruple every three hours, has cured manyeases o£ intermittent and bad scorbutic ulcers; numerousother English physicians have testitied to its value in intermittents;and its great value as a substitute for Peruvianbark is established beyond all doubt.The testimony of numerous European physicians showsthat the active principle of Willow bark, Salicin, is capableof arresting and curing intermittent fever, and standsnext to Quinine as an anti-periodic remedy.According to Buchner, twelve grains, in divided doses,will irenerallv arrest a
762 3EPflJoKfis, bn the Indigenous [October,those of a high gra-de, lie still thinks that it is entitled torank as a coefficient with Quinine in fevers.It has been chiefly used in the form of tincture. Dr. J.\. Mayes, who has published a most valuable paper uponthe Gelseminum in the Charleston Medical Journal andReview for March, 1857, recommends the following formulafor the tincture: " Four ounces of the fresh root clippedsmall to one pint of diluted alcohol, macerate forfourteendays." Dose for adults from twenty to fifty drops, repeatedas frequently as circumstances may require. Dr. Bachelorthus prepares the tincture :" A bottle is loosely filledwith the bark of the fresh root, equal parts of whiskey andwater are added, and the bark is macerated for fourteendays ;twenty to sixty drops of this infusion may be used ata dose, alone or combined with Quinine.""Whether or not the Yellow Jessamine possessesany an-""tiperiodic properties, it certainly possesses valuable sedativeproperties, and is capable by controlling irregular nervousaction,, of aiding greatly the powers of nature in fever, andalso the action of other remedies. The testimony to its sedativepower is unequivocal.Dr. Mayes affirms that he has never been disappointedin a single instance in obtaining a direct sedative actionfrom the use of the gelseminum ;the patient being speedilyquieted, although he may have been excessively agitatedprevious to its administration. Under its influence restlessnessis soon succeeded by calm repose, and the excited,frequent pulse tempers down to tranquility.These favorableimpressions must bo secured, however, by a frequentrepetition of the dose, as its effects arc not very durable,wearing off in two or throe hours.It will be found necessaryto administer the medicine indoses of from twenty tofifty dro i'ding to the severity of the symptoms, cvcrytwo until under the influense of moreradical remedies, the di has boon permanently con-•1. And his ctesire by the |strong advocacy of this
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