ARUM TRIPHYLLUM
\ˈaɹəm tɹɪfˈɪləm], \ˈaɹəm tɹɪfˈɪləm], \ˈa_ɹ_ə_m t_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˈɪ_l_ə_m]\
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This plant grows all over the United States, and is received into the Pharmacopoeia under the title Arum. The recent root, or Cormus-Arum, (Ph. U. S.)-is very acrimonious, and has been employed in asthma, croup, and hooping-cough. Boiled in lard, it has been used in tinea capitis, and in milk in consumption.
By Robley Dunglison
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