This plant grows in little armies, and bears a little yellow apple, called a May apple. The root has a powerful medical property called podophyllin. It was discovered by John King, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics in the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical Institute, and since its discovery it has become a noted remedy all over the medical world.

Medical properties and uses. -- This is a powerful hydrogogue cathartic, in large doses producing copious watery discharges from the bowels. It is a fine remedy when properly given, for torpid liver, or, in other words, liver complaint. It arouses the general secretions, and when given in large doses it is a powerful emetic as well as cathartic, relieving the stomach of all the bile and mucus that may be in it. It has in the past been given in entirely too large doses, but at the present it is given properly. The pills can be procured from all druggists. The half grains are the best. Dose, from one to two.