Indigenous remedies of the Southern Confederacy which may be employed in the treatment of malarial fever / by Joseph Jones.

  • Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896.
Date:
1861
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Credit: Indigenous remedies of the Southern Confederacy which may be employed in the treatment of malarial fever / by Joseph Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G98 it possesses of a warm stimulant and a diaphoretic, is found useful in certain disorders. Chronic rheumatism is one of the diseases in which it ex- hibits most efficacy. Not only the bark, but the seeds and cones which are strongly imbued with the sensible qualities of the tree, are employed in tincture with very good success in this* disease. In intermittent and remittent fevers the Magnolia is one of the many tonics which have been resorted to for cure by the inhabitants of the marshy countries where they prevail. Suf- ficient testimony has been given in favor of the bark of this tree, to warrant a belief that it is fully adequate to the remo- val of fever and ague, when administered like the Cinchona, in liberal quantities between the paroxysms. In the more continuous forms of fever, of the typhoid type, it has also re- ceived the commendations of physicians. American Medical Botany, vol. ii, p 70-71. The dose of the powdered bark is from half a drachm to a drachm, repeated according to the character of the case. A decoction may be made in the proportion of one ounce of the powdered bark to the pint of water—this may be administer- ed in doses of from f§ to fgij, and repeated every one, two or three hours, according to circumstances. An extract has been made from it, but its powers have not been sufficiently tested. An infusion of the bark in brandy has been employed in rheumatism. The cones and seeds have likewise been employed to make a tincture, which has been a popular remody in the treatment of chronic rheumatism, and as a prophylactic against inter- mittent fever. CUCUMBER TREE, (MAGNOLIA ACUMINATA MICH.) and BIG LAUREL, (MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA MICH.) and UMBRELLA TREE, (MAGNOLIA TRIPE- TALA,) WILLD. Our information with reference to these three species of Magnolia, although less definite and far more meagre than that which we have presented concerning the Magnolia