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Indianapolis, Ind., May, 1848.-W THE NORTH-WESTERN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL JOURNAL. Vol. I.] DECEMBER, 1848---JANUARY, 1849. [No. 5. Part 1-Original Communications. ARTICLE I. Sanguinaria Canadensis as a Therapeutic Agent. An Article read before the Indianapolis Medical Society. By J. L. MOTHERSHEAD, M. D. The Sanguinaria Canadensis, well known also by the names of Blood-root and Puccon, grows abundantly throughout the United States, and is one of our earliest Spring flowers. It is, indeed, so generally known that a description of it is deemed superfluous: I shall, therefore, pass it over, and proceed at once to its medical properties. Dr. Beach, speaking of Sanguinaria, says, "the root is emetic, cathartic, sudorific, and emmenagogue; detergent, expectorant, &c." Dr. Eberle says, "its powers have been variously represented, and as yet, do not appear well understood." Dr. Bigelow considers the root as an acrid narcotic. Dr. Bird says its medical properties are, in every respect, similar to those of the Peruvian bark. Dr. Barton valued it for its emetic and expectorant powers. Dr. Francis, of New York, speaks highly of it in protracted and distressing affections of the chest. Dr. Ives also speaks favorably of it in Vol. 1. No. 5.-1. diseases of the lungs and liver; he also recommends it in influenza, whooping-cough, and croup. Dr. McBride, of South Carolina, recommends it in hydrothorax and asthmatic affections. Dr. Tully, speaking of the root, says, "it possesses deobstruent properties, without producing emesis or catharsis." Dr. Zollikoffer says, "it possesses active and useful properties, and that none can be considered superior to it in acute rheumatism," and reports the treatment of some half dozen cases to sustain his opinions. He gives for his authority in using it in acute rheumatism, Nathan Smith, M. D., and also speaks well of it as emetic, cathartic, diaphoretic, and expectorant. Professor Cox speaks of it as emetic and cathartic, but says, "it should be given with great caution." Dr. Downey says, "it is powerfully emetic in doses of fifteen or twenty grains, but that eight grains is a mild dose and but little inferior to ipicacuanha." He also remarks that the Tinc. is used to prevent intermitting fever, and a decoction of the root to cure the dysentery. In one case, he says, it acted powerfully upon the uterus, producing abortion, and suggests itsuse in amenorrhoea in females. The root has been used in gonorrhoea; also, for the bites of serpents, and in bilious diseases. Professor Wood, of Philadelphia, says, "it is an acrid emetic, with stimulant and narcotic powers. It has been given in typhoid pneumonia, catarrh, pertussis, croup, phthisis pulmonalis, rheumatism, jaundice, hydrothorax, and other affections." Dr. Pereira speaks of it in terms similar to those used by Professor Wood, but says, "it must be considered as a remedy of questionable propriety in jaundice." Dr. Buel, of our own State, uses it as an emetic, but does not consider it so acrid or dangerous as is generally believed. Professor Smith, of New Hampshire, states that he has cured "several cases of polypi of the soft kind by giving the powdered root as a snuff." It has been recommended by some other writers as a cure for ill-conditioned ulcers, tinea capitis, &c. I have thus given, as briefly as possible, the various opin |