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English household, medical, and cookery receipt book

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Black Alder sometimes called winter berries. The Latin name is Prinos verticilatus care must be take to distinguish it from the swamp or candle Alder. The bark either in substance or decoction. It virtues are that of a tonic and in all cases of Debillity where there is no fever. A tincture may also be made of berries in wine or spirits. The Wild Black Cherry Tree The bark of this tree is powerfully tonic and some think will supply the place of the Seruvian bark. The leaves of the tree are poisonous. The Indians use it in the cure of syphilis. It is also very good in dyspepsia.
 
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