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The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English - or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred - and Fifty Thousand by Ray Vaughn Pierce
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PRUSSIAN BLUE (_Ferri Ferrocyanidum_). Ferrocyanide of Iron is an
excellent tonic and antiperiodic remedy, and often is combined with
quinine. _Dose_--From two to five grains.

[Illustration: Fig. 119.
Boneset. ]

BONESET (_Eupatorium Perfoliatum_), or Thoroughwort. This is tonic,
diaphoretic, aperient, and possesses some antiperiodic properties; the
warm infusion is emetic. _Dose_--Of the infusion, one to four ounces; of
the fluid extract, from half to one teaspoonful; of the active
principle, Eupatorin, one to three grains.

THE "GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY" has gained an enviable reputation in
malarial districts for the cure of ague. From observing its action in
the cure of this and other miasmatic diseases, and knowing its
composition, we are thoroughly satisfied that it contains chemical
properties which neutralize and destroy the miasmatic or ague poison
which is in the system, and, at the same time, produces a rapid
excretion of the neutralized poisons. One strong proof of this is found
in the fact that persons who are cured with it are not so liable to
relapse as those in whom the chills are broken with Quinine or other
agents. No bad effects are experienced after an attack of ague which has
been cured with the "Golden Medical Discovery." This cannot be said of
Quinine, Peruvian Bark, Arsenic, and Mercurials, which comprise nearly
the whole list of remedies usually resorted to by physicians for
arresting ague. The "Golden Medical Discovery" not only has the merit of
being a certain antidote for miasmatic diseases, but is pleasant to the
taste, a matter of no small importance, especially when administered to
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