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

756 Joseph Jones, on the Indigenous [October,I have employed the wild horehound both by itself and inconjunction with Cornus Florida, in the treatment of intermittentfever, colds, and debilitated states of the system, withvery good success. In my native county, Liberty, it has formany years, (as far as I can ascertain from the oldest inhabitants,probably from the first settlement of this portion ofGeorgia,) been employed extensively as a domestic remedy infevers and colds.It may be administered in somewhat larger dosesthan thepreceding species.BLACK WILLOW. (SALIX NIGRA.)This willow, which is the most common of the Americanwillows, and the most analogous to the White willow, (Salixalba) of Europe, is found in all the States from New Englandto Florida, and wesr, nearly to the foot of the Rocky Mountains.According to the younger Michaux, the roots of thistree afford an intensely bitter decoction, which issmallconsideredin some parts of the country as a purifier of the blood, and asa preventative and remedy for intermittent fever. The extensivegenus of willow, which comprises not less than onehundred and thirty species, which, with a few exceptions, arenatives of Europe and North Americo, is especially worthy ofthe attention of Southern physicians, since in several of theEuropean species, a principle resembling quinia, has beenextracted, and upon a fair trial has been found to possess theproperties of quinia.With the exception of the testimony ofthe younger Michaux, which I have just brought forward, Iam not aware that any experiments or medical investigationswith reference to the American species have ever been laidbefore the profession.»WHITE WILLOW OF EUROPE,(SALIX ALBA.)Although not indigenous to the Southern Confederacv, theWhite Willow of Europe has been so extensively introduced,that it is worthy of the consideration of physicians as thosource of salicin.