The American journal of the medical sciences (1827)
[Thorofare, N.J., etc.] Charles B. Slack [etc.] · leaf 461
tile Acid, Resinous matter, V^^ax, a Bitter principle. Mucus, Ulmine, Gallate of Potash. Supergallate of Lime, and an Ammoniacal salt. They ascribe the activity of Hellebore to the union of the concrete oil with the volatile acid. As the root loses some of its efRcacy by drying and also by long… … Black Hellebore on the Continent, and are said to be efficient substitutes. H. fcetidus, or Bearsfoot Hellebore, has its leaves still officinal in the United States. They are acrid, emetic, and cathartic, and w^ere formerly employed as Anthelmintics. The roots of Actgea spicata are sometimes…
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