Identifier: 63560550R.nlm.nih.gov
Title: A plain system of medical practice, adapted to the use of families
Year: 1847 (1840s)
Authors: Bright, John W
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Louisville, Ky. : Morton & Griswold
Contributing Library: U.S. National Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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et should be bathed frequently in warmsalt and water, and some potash dissolved in it; and the follow-ing plaster should be worn on the corn: Recipe : Gum Galbanum,Saffron Root,Gum Camphor, — of each equal parts. Let all be made fine, and a plaster formed. Wear this dayand night, till the corns are removed. The same remedy willcure bunions, only it must be continued longer. The shoes mustbe made to fit loosely, and of soft upper leather. COMPOUND SPIRITS LAVENDER. Spirits Wine, half gallon. Oil of Lavender, three drachms. Oil of Rosemary, one drachm. Cinnamon Bark, pulverized, one ounce. Cloves, pulverized, two drachms. Nutmegs, pulverized, half an ounce. Red Sanders, three drachms. Mix all together, and digest fourteen days. Shake the bottleoccasionally; then filter through paper, and stop close for use. This is a pleasant cordial, and may be taken, in tea spoonfuldoses, for colic or weakness at the stomach, faintness, sickness athe stomach, &c BRIGHT. 57 882 AMERICAN CENTAURY.
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AMERICAN CENTAURY. Sabbatia Angularis. This plant grows in damp, rich soils throughout the Middleand Southern States, and is most commonly known by the nameof centaury. It grows from one to two feet high. The stem iserect, smooth, square, with the angles winged, branches axillary,opposite; the leaves are opposite and ovate, but vary in lengthand width; they are heart-shaped at base, clasping half thestem, nerved, smooth, entire, acute. The flowers are a pale-red,with five petals. Medical properties and uses. — Every part of this plant isa pure and very strong bitter. It is used in the form of tea, or PRICKLY-ASH. 88c tincture It is good in ague and fever, and it was used in theyellow fever of Philadelphia with good effect. It may be given,even when the fever is on, in such proportions as the stomachwill bear kindly; it is not apt to nauseate. It is an excellenttonic for the stomach, and promotes the appetite and digestion.It is highly recommended by Barton, Chapman, and Elliott, all

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