United States or Canada ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
The "hellish harmonies" mostly result from an improvised band, one strumming the guitar, another clapping the sticks, and the third beating the bell-shaped irons that act as castanets. In the numerals, "wale" should be "kwale," "quina" "kuya," and "evona" "iowa."
'They call it quina, I think, and few apothecaries have it. This was true, though nearly forty years had then already passed since the Spanish Countess of Cinchon had first brought the precious bark to Europe, and had named it after herself, Cinchona.
The 'Peruvian Bark', or its active principle the disulphate of quina, is a valuable tonic in distemper, especially when combined with the iodide of iron; the iron increasing with the general tone of the system, and the iodine acting as a stimulant to the absorbents. 'Blisters' are occasionally useful or indispensable in some of the casualties and diseases to which the dog is liable.
Word Of The Day