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

  • Joseph Jones
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.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    M. XVII. AUCDSTA, CIIIECIA, SEPTEMBER. 1861. SO. 9 ORIGINAL ANI) ECLECTIC. ARTICLE XVIII. Indigenous Remedies of the Southern Confederacy which may be Employed in the Treatment of Malarial Fever. By Joseph Jones, M. D., Professor of Medical Chemistry in the Medical College of Georgia, and Chemist to the Cotton Planters’ Convention of Georgia. No. 1. Summary.—Necessity for the use of indigenous remedies at the pre- sent time. Georgia Baric, (Pinckney a pubens)—its affinities with Peruvian Bark—geographical distribution—active alkaloid principle—• medicinal properties—use of by the inhabitants of Georgia in the treat* Iment of Intermittent Fever—Testimony of I)r, John Stevens Law, of Sunbury,*to its efficacy as an an anti-periodic: method of using it. Dogwood, (Cornus Florida)—botanical description—geographical distribution—chemical composition—examination of Dr. Walker, of Virginia, 1803 ; Dr. Walker’s receipt for making ink from the bark - examination ot Mr. Carpenter, ot Philadelphia—Corninc—examination °fDrs. Staples, S. Jackson, James Cockburn and D. C. O’Keeffe—medi- cinal properties and uses—testimony of Dr. Walker, of Virginia, to the i medicinal properties of Dogwood ; of Dr. Gregg, of Bristol; of Drs. i J^cob Bigelow, S. G. Morton, It. Coates, D. C. O’Keeffe and others— I methd of preparing the extract—dose. Cornus Circinata {Round-leaved Dogivood)—testimony of Morson i and Ives to its medicinal value. Poplar or Tulip Tree, (Linodendron Tulipifera)—Botanical I foaoroaC^-RSaminati0?^Dr- 18°2 : by Dr. J. P. Emmet, * ^7 -discovery of Liriodendrine—ohemical and physical properties medical properties and uses of Poplar Bark—testimony of Michaux, of