DOUBLE DISTILLED AND FRAGRANT WATERS.
| Per gallon. | |
|---|---|
| Rose, | $1 25 |
| Peach, | 75 |
| Cherry, | 75 |
| Sassafras, | 75 |
| Peppermint, | 50 |
| Spearmint, | 50 |
| Elder Flower, | 50 |
Also, any other kinds distilled to order.
OINTMENTS.
| Common Names. | Botanical Names. |
|---|---|
| Bittersweet, | Celastri. |
| Cicuta, | Conii. |
| Cocculus indicus, | Cocculi. |
| Elder, | Sambuci. |
| Hellebore, | Veratri albi. |
| Hallow marsh, | Althæa. |
| Meadow fern, | Myrica. |
| Poplar, | Populi. |
| Savin, | Sabinæ. |
| Thorn-apple, | Stramonii. |
| Tobacco, | Tabaci. |
| Yellow dock, | Rumex. |
I am prepared to furnish any of the foregoing medicines, extracts, etc., on short notice. Address, “St. Vincent de Paul, Lower Canada." They may also be had of Peck & Co., New-York.
PROPERTIES EXPLAINED.
- Acrid—biting, caustic.
- Alterative—which establishes the healthy functions.
- Anodyne—quieting, easing pain.
- Anti-bilious—correcting the bile.
- Anti-lithic—preventing the formation of gravel, or stone.
- Aperient—laxative, or gently cathartic.
- Anti-septic—against or preventing mortification.
- Anti-scorbutic—useful in scurvy.
- Anti-spasmodic—against spasm, calming nervous irritation.
- Aromatic—agreeable, spicy.
- Astringent—shortening the fibres, strengthening.
- Balsamic—mild, healing, stimulant.
- Carminative—expelling wind.
- Cathartic—purgative, cleansing the bowels.
- Demulcent—sheathing, lubricating, preventing irritation.
- Deobstruent—bettering the secretions, or removing obstructions.
- Diaphoretic—producing insensible perspiration.
- Discutient—dissolving, discussing.
- Diuretic—increasing the urine.
- Emetic—causing vomiting.
- Emollient—softening, causing warmth and moisture.
- Errhine—discharging at the nostrils.
- Expectorant—producing a discharge from the lungs.
- Febrifuge—dispelling fever, allaying fever heat.
- Herpetic—curing skin diseases.
- Narcotic—stupafying, procuring sleep.
- Nerving—strengthening the nerves.
- Pectoral—useful in diseases of the lungs.
- Refrigerant—diminishing animal temperature.
- Rubefacient—producing heat and redness of the skin.
- Stimulant—exciting action on the system.
- Stomachic—good for the stomach.
- Styptic—preventing bleeding.
- Sudorific—causing sweat.
- Tonic—permanently strengthening the system.
- Vermifuge—destroying worms.