96 
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of Apollo 
fiderable 
f 
fa 
may 
be 
as a 
med 
lly fuppofed to have had no incon 
s 
but its pi 
ufes 
are 
fo 
:nited in the prefent pradice, that this dignified plant 
IS now 
rarely employed, except in the way of enema, or as an external appl 
4- 
hiiSj in the London pharmacopoeia the leaves are direded 
cation ; 
the decottum pro fomento, and the berries in the emplaftrum cumini 
The , berries however appear to pofTefs fome fhare of medicina 
d if we do not allow them to b 
Bauh 
fo 
G e o fFr oy 
as reprefented by J. Bauhin, Tournefort, 
others, yet we have no doubt of their virtus, ftomach 
nfively ufeful 
md fo 
refolve 
me 
ns 
pellens menfes, urinam, fudorera, as ilated by Fergius, who recom' 
mends them on 
) 
hyfteria. They have been long thought to ad 
upon the uterine fyftem, and on this account 
we are cautioned againfl; their ufe in pregnancy.' An infufion of the 
as tea ; and the eflential oil of the berries 
ynth peculiar power 
ieaves is fometimes drunk 
> 
may be given 
means of mu 
from one to five or fix drops, on fug 
> 
t? 
fpirit of wine 
diffolved by 
y 
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^ Cui Deus 
5 
efTe 
? 
Arbor eris certe^ dixit, mear Semper habebunt 
I 
Te coma, te citharae, te noftrse, Laure, pharetra 
Xu ducibus Latiis aderis, cum laeta triumphum 
Vox canet j & longse vifent Capitolia pompse. 
Poftibus Auguftis ea4em fidlflima cuftos. 
Ante fores ftabis; mediamque tuebere quercum. 
Utque meum intonfis caput eft juvenile caplllis ; 
Tu quoque perpetuos Temper gere frondis honon 
V 
J 
Met. I. V. 557 
\ 
< s <c Laurus apud ve teres medicos magnum habuit in medicina ufumj&veluti panacea 
seftlmata fuit/' GeofF. 
^ Haller fays, " Callda & aromatica planta, femlne potiffimum, cUjus vires a medicis 
nondum pro dignitate per experimenta exploratae funt.'' L c. 
L 
Sp 
abortum promovendi, fanguinemque multum exseftuandl, etiam libi pauca folum grana 
data fuerint. In praxi hodierna raro exhibentur baccse; vidi tamen plures, etiam foemi-^ 
nas, quse pulverem e feminibus Capfici & baccis Lauri, fupra memoratum, innoxie 
Cvmpferuntg fepe per o6tiduum. JBergius M. M. 324. 
SOLANUM DULCAMARA. 
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