ounce; of THE fluid extract, one-fourth to
one-half teaspoonful; of the concentrated principle, Cypripedin, one to
two grains.

PULSATILLA (_Pulsatilla Nigricans)._ We employ the German tincture,
prepared from the green herb. In many of the distressing nervous
complications to which both males and females are subject in certain
diseases of the generative organs, we have found it very effectual. The
dose is from two to eight drops.

DR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION. This is a tonic nervine of
unsurpassed efficacy, combined in such a manner, that, while it quiets
nervous irritation, it strengthens the enfeebled nervous system,
restoring it to healthful vigor. In all diseases involving the female
reproductive organs, with which there is usually associated an irritable
condition of the nervous system, it is unsurpassed as a remedy. It is
also a uterine and general tonic of great excellence. It is sold by all
druggists.

SEDATIVES.

Sedatives are a class of agents which control excitation of the
circulation, and diminish irritability of the nervous system.

ACONITE (_Aconitum Napellus_), The parts used are the root and leaves.
Aconite slows the pulse, diminishes arterial tension, and lowers the
temperature of the body in fevers. It is an effectual remedy in acute
inflammation of the tonsils and throat, in acute bronchitis, in
inflammation of the lungs, and pleurisy, in the hot stage of
intermittent and remittent fevers, in the eruptive fevers, in fever
arising from a cold, and in some forms of neuralgia. Acute suppression
of the menses from a cold, may be relieved by the tincture of aconite in
drop doses every hour. _Dose_--Of the tincture of the root, from
one-half of a drop to two drops, in a spoonful of water, in acute fevers
and inflammations, from one-half drop to one drop should be administered
every half hour or hour, according to the severity of the symptoms.

PEACH TREE (_Amygdalus Persica_). Peach tree leaves and bark are
slightly sedative, but the chief use which we have found for these
articles is to control nausea and vomiting arising from irritability of
the stomach. It also possesses mild, tonic properties. _Dose_--Of
infusion at the bark of the small twigs or of the leaves, from two to
six teaspoonfuls.

[Illustration: Fig. 137.
American Hellebore. ]

AMERICAN HELLEBORE (_Veratrum Viride_) is also known as White Hellebore,
Indian Poke, or Swamp Hellebore. The root is the part used. It is a mo