N 
178 
a 
3 
cl 
the flam 
oval, ar 
It is a native of 'V 
d terminated by a blunt* hairy ftigma 
R 
ea 
IS 
d divided into two cells, which contain many fmi 
and flowers from An gu ft: till Odobe 
3n afcrib 
pfiile IS 
11 feeds. 
th 
inia 
firft Ene-lifh botanift 
whom Mr. Ait 
the 
cultivation of this fpecies of the Lobelia, 
it is now in the pofreffion of many of oui 
d 
dener 
the 
abounds with a milky j 
and h 
handfome plant, 
Every part of 
rank fmell 
The 
root, which is the part direded for medicinal ufe 
tafte refem 
tobacco 
d 
IS 
to 
g 
It derived the name fmhi 
litica from its efficacy 
North American Indi 
cure 
of fyphilis 
who confidered 
d with whom 
was 
long 
an 
impo 
f( 
as experienced by th( 
fpecific in that difeafe 
This fe 
was 
purchafed by Sir William Johnfon, and fmce publiilied by diffei 
authors 
The method of employing this medicine is ftated as follovfs 
decodion is 
water. 
repeated in the 
: A 
made of a handful of the roots in three meafures of 
Of this, half a 'meafure is taken in the miorninp; failinp-, and 
evenmg ; 
and the dofe is gradually increafed till its 
purgative effeds become too violent, when the decodion is to be 
intermitted for a day or two, and then renewed till a perfed cure is 
effeded. During the ufe of this medicine, a proper regimen is to be 
enjoined, and the ulcers are alfo to be frequently waihed with the 
decodion, or if deep and foul, to be fprinkled with the powder of 
the inner bark of the New Jerfey Tea-tree (Ceanothus Americanus.) 
Although the plant thus ufed is faid to cure the difeafe in a very fhort 
tim.e, yet we do not find that the antifyphilitic powers of the Lobelia 
hai 
7^ 
been confirmed by any inilances of European pradiee 
t 
/ 
^ Kal 
r 
in. I, c, Bartram. 1, c. 
; 
y 
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ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM 
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