Astringent, tonic, anthelmintic, antiperiodic—Therapeutic uses.
I have thought it advisable to restrict the term Antiperiodic to the Catalytics which are used in Ague.
But of far greater importance was the introduction into Europe of that priceless febrifuge and antiperiodic—chinchona bark.
Horsfield states that the Javanese use it as a tonic and antiperiodic.
There never yet has been a substitute found for cinchona bark and its salts, as an antiperiodic and tonic.
