Portland-Powder, a particular compound, the recipe for which was imported from Switzerland, by an ancestor of the Duke of Portland. It consists of equal parts of Round Birth wort (Aristo-lochia rotunda, L.); of Gentian ; of the tops and leaves of Germander, Ground-Pine, and Centaury; dried, pulverized, and sifted. These are to be carefully incorporated ; and one dram of the composition is to be taken every morning in a glass of wine and water, tea, or any warm liquid; after which the patient should fast an hour and a half. Such course is to be continued for three months without intermission;. at the expiration of which, the dose must be reduced to one half, and taken as before, for the space of six months; when it is to be continued every second day, for twelve months longer.—This famous nostrum has long been held in high estimation, for its supposed efficacy in curing the Gout; and though, in the hands of judicious persons, it undoubtedly forms a powerful alterative; yet it must be classed among those quack-medicines, that by the length of time to which their operation is to be extended, cannot fail of doing frequent mischief.