Cancer Root
or BEECH DROPS North America, growing on the exposed roots of beech-trees. The whole plant is North America, growing on the exposed especially bitter and nauseous. junction with arsenious acid, it is be- In conlieved to have formed a medicine once famous in North America under the name of Martin's Cancer-powder. Another American plant of the same order, famous in North America under the same name and repute in popular medicine; and an infusion of the Common Broomrape (Orobanche major) -a native of Great Britain and of the S. of cine; and an infusion of the Common furze, and other leguminous plants-has been employed as a detergent application to foul sores.