The American physician, and family assistant. In four parts: containing, I ... A general description of vegetable medicines. II ... The manner of preparing them for use. III ... Description of diseases and manner of curing them. IV ... A description of mineral and vegetable poisons, given by those called regular doctors, under the name of medicines / By Elias Smith.

  • Elias Smith
Date:
1826
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Credit: The American physician, and family assistant. In four parts: containing, I ... A general description of vegetable medicines. II ... The manner of preparing them for use. III ... Description of diseases and manner of curing them. IV ... A description of mineral and vegetable poisons, given by those called regular doctors, under the name of medicines / By Elias Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ AMERICAN PHYSICIAN, &c. 37 ayenne. Itis of a bright colour, nearly scar- t. tis clean, and suited to the constitutions ithe people of these United States. Using lis principally in giving an emetic, prevents ain, and raises the heat gradually ; whereas, ie West India Cayenne, if used without this, uses the heat. too quick, and often distresses 1e sick very much. \ In giving a description of several prepara- ons of medicines, these kinds of Cayenne will > mentioned, and this description of these ayennes will serve to instruct the reader in reparing medicines for use. Soa WEST INDIA CAYENNE PEPPER. It is thought by some that this is a newly scovered medicine, not having been known il within a few years, but the following will lew ‘hat it has been known as an excel- nt medicine for more than thirty years past. In the Edinburgh Dispensatory, printed in le year 1791, page 256, is the following: Pieper Inpicum. [London edition.] Fructus, apsicum annuum. ‘ Guinea pepper, or cap- cum ; the fruit.” This is an annual plant, tivated in our gardens; it ripens its red. ds in September, or October. The taste of psicum is extremely pungent, and acrimo- ous, setting the mouth as it were on fire. It chiefly employed for culinary purposes, d has long been-used in that way; but of fe it has been employed also in the prac- e of medicine. And there can be little ubt that it furnishes us with one of the pur- ¢