210 



The berries of the black Currant are larger than tliofe of the 

 and we are told that in fome parts of Siberia they grow to the fiz 



red 



> 



an hazel nut. Befides having the prope 



frtiBus ac'ido-dulces 



thefe b 



faid 



of 



m common with the 



be peculiarly ufeful 



fore throats, and to poffefs a diuretic power m a very confiderable 



degree 



From thofe qualities which they m 



a 



fell 



taft 



th 



can be little doubt but that in cafes of 





gans of 



rnmatory 



gina, they may be advantageoufly employed to anfw^er the fam 



e 



gargle 





the proofs however of their d 



powers 



feem to v/ant confirmation, as Foreftus, on whofe authority they reft 



wh 



firil 



ed this property of 



con 



prefcribed it in combination v/ith the feeds of wild 



ftantly 



1 



The leaves of the black Currant are extremely fragrant, and 



been likewife recommended for their med 



ftates to be mundifi 



3 



B 



pe 



ens, d 



lUS 



The officinal preparations of the black currant b 



ni 



the 



London Pharmacopoeia, are \h.t fyriipiis r'lbis n'lgrl^ and l\i^ fucciis r'lhis 

 nigri infpiJTatus, 



pu 



efficacy in this way they acquired the name of Squinancy b 



rve here, that the black currant jelly in common domeftic 

 sred lefs efficacious by having too much fugar in its preparal 



Both the fruit of this, and of the red currant, afford 



fi 



b 



Mat 



Lib 



1 



P 



. Smith Nat. Hijl, of Cork^ p* 359 

 5. Ohf. 10, 



55 



green tea i and when prepared from the youn* 



fte of 



agreeable. 



t> 



leaves, is to fome people pecuHarly 



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QUASSIMA SIMARUBA. 



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