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flowers furround the branches in thick cluilers, they are feffile, mono- 
ous,, tubular, having the Hmb divided into four oval fpreading 
ents, commonly of a purple colour ; the ftamina are eight, 
orter, and concealed within the tube of the corolla : the 
ftyl 
ly il 
e IS ve 
ry £h 
the ftis-ma f 
d th 
g 
which is oval, 
becomes a reddifli berry, containing a round feed 
native of England, though not very common. 
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flii'ub 
V 
It 
IS 
faid 
g 
plentifully in fome v/oods near Andover in Hampfhire, and alfo about 
Laxfleld in Suffolk : but it is 
ly 
ted 
m 
ardens, on 
of the beauty and earlinefs of its flovfers, which 
m 
February and March. 
This plant is extremely acrid, efp 
in the mouth excites great and Ion 
particularly' of the throat and fauces 
efFed:s, and, when fwallowed, pro 
only to man,^ but to dogs,^ wolves, fo 
y 
f 
reih, and if retained 
d heat and inilam 
b 
3 
have the fame 
Ok 
powerful corrofive poifon, not 
& 
The bark and berri 
of M 
obftin 
in different forms, have been long 
ulcers and 
conditioned for 
s 
In Franc 
ally ufed to 
former 
IS 
flrongly recommended as an application to the fkin, which under 
certain management '' produces a continued ferous difcharp;e, without 
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bHflering; and is thus rendered ufeful in many chronic difeafes of , 
local nature, anfwering the purpofe of what has been called a perpe 
tual bliiler, w^hile it occafions lefs pain and inconvenience. 
I 
» Mullerculse ruri baccas Coccumgnidll proplnant in morbis rebellibus, fepe eiFe6i:u 
deleterio. Bergius M. M. p. 307. A v/oman gave twelve grains of the berries to her 
daughter, who had a quartan ague ; flie vomited blood, and died immediately. Wither. 
1. c. As the acrimony of thefe berries is not immediately perceived upon being tailed, 
the ignorant and unwary are the more eafily betrayed to fwallow them. 
" Haller. 1. c. « Lin. Fl. Lap. p. 105. 
^ As fome may wifh to try this pra6lice, which is unknown to this country, and pro- 
mifes beneficial efFeas in feveral complaints, we fliall briefly recite the ufua! mode in 
which it has been conduded : — A fquare piece of the recent bark, about an inch long, 
and three quarters of an inch broad, macerated a little in vinegar, is applied to the fkin, 
over which is bound a leaf of ivy or plantane. This application is at firft renewed nio-ht 
and morning till it cauterizes the part and brings on a ferous difcharge, when a renewal 
of the bark once in 24 hours is found fufficlent to continue the iffue for any length of time. 
By means of fultable plafters, we conceive that it might be applied behind the ears to 
relieve the eyes, and on a larger fcale prove an ufeful pradice in fundry difeafes. 
fur I'ufage & les effets de I'ecorce du Garou 
particles of the bark 
which 
vide Effai 
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