Note 156 — PHARMACOLOGIA. ON THE OPERATIONS OF MEDICINAL BODIES, AND ON THE CLASSIFICATIONS FOUNDED ON THEM.

The Melampodium, or Black Hellebore, was recommended as an agent of this description in the strongest terms, by Mead; Savin (Juniperus Sabina) is another vegetable which has been generally considered as a specific Emmenagogue; with some authors, the Rubia Tinctorum, Madder; with others, the Sinapis alba have been regarded as remedies of this nature; and lately Polygala Senega has been extolled by the American practitioners; in modern times, however, few substances have been more confidently recommended as uterine stimulants than the Secale Cornutum, or Ergot, but of which I have no practical knowledge.