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very sudden cfl'tct in depressing the circulation, and inducing an inter-mission of the pulse, sickness at stomach, with languor and taintness,its use must be immediately suspended, lest sudden death ensure. Thejudicious physician above mentioned very properly insists that the patient should be seen by his medical attendant at least every day, as fetfpersons are so conversant with the state of the pulse and respiration a>to enable them to judge of the propriety of continuing or suspending theuse of this herculean medicine.

Tincture of Hops.—Take of good fresh hops, half an ounce; spirit owine, ten ounces; digest for seven days, and strain. The dose from fortyto a hundred drops, to adults; to younger persons it must be given indiminished doses, according to the proportions directed in p. 416,417.—Hops are one of the most agreeable of the strong bitters; but they havebeen rarely till of late employed for any medicinal purposes: yet it hasbeen known for many years, that a pillow stuffed with hops, or the odourof hops hung in a bed, induced sleep after opium had failed; but al-though hops are a narcotic like opium, unlike the latter it seems to haverather a laxative effect. The hop has recently been recommended bymen of great medical experience, and is said to have succeeded in suchcases as required a light, agreeable bitter, combined with an anodynequality. In loss of appetite and restless nights; in various cases ofdyspepsia attended with pain and flatulency of the stomach and bowels ;in painful cases of gout, gravel, stone, or biliary concretions; in severepains of child-bed women, and other cases where opium could not be ex-hibited in the usual forms without producing violent head-ach or othervery troublesome symptoms; here, says Dr. Fothergill, a strong infusionof the hop, pursued freely both internally and externally, has seldomfailed to procure a calm, tranquil sleep.—The best preparation is said tobe the tincture. The ingenious Mr. Freake has also prepared an extractof hops, which has been exhibited in pills twice a-day along with draughtscontaining the tincture, with considerable success, in gouty affections.

Volatile Tincture of Gum Guaiacum.—Take of gum guaiacum, fouiounces; volatile aromatic spirit, a pint. Infuse without heat, in a vesselwell stopped, for a few days: then strain off the tincture.—In rheumaticcomplaints, a tea-spoonful of this tincture may be taken in a cup of theinfusion of water trefoil, twice Oi thrice a-day.—A very good tincture ofguaiacum, for domestic use, may be made by infusing two or three ouncesof'the gum in a bottle of rum or brandy.

Tincture of Black Hellebore.—Infuse two ounces of the roots of blackhellebore, bruised, in a pint of proof spirit, for seven or eight days; thetfilter the tincture through paper. A scruple of cochineal may be infusedalong with the roots, to give the tincture a colour.—In obstructions dthe menses, a tea-spoonful of this tincture may be taken in a cup of cam-omile or pennyroyal-tea twice a-day.

Tincture of Gum Kino.—Digest two ounces of gum kino in a pint anda hall of brandy, for eight days ; afterwards strain it for use.—This tinc-ture, though not generally known, is a good astringent medicine. Withthis view, an ounce, or more, of it may be taken three or four times a>day.

Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes.—Take of gum myrrh an ounce and ahalf; hepatic aloes, one ounce. Let them be reduced to a powder, and