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Excerpt from Professor Cullen's Treatise of the Materia Medica, Vol. 2 of 2: With Large Additions, Including Many New Articles, Wholly Omitted in the Original Work
Iron combined with acids becomes an astringent substance; and upon its astringent and tonic powers its medicinal virtues entirely depend: for by increasing the tone of the vessels it increases their vigour and activity.
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