238 



v__ 



e 



baccliaris : it is evident however that the plants, now known by thei; 



names, differ very confiderably both in their appearance and efFed 



The leaves and roots of Afarum have a moderately ilrong and 



a 



n 



ot very unpleafant fmell, fomewhat refembling that of valerian 

 ard,t and a naufeous bitterifh acrid tafte :" ' they feem to agree alfo 



in tneir meciicm 



e 



ffeds, both proving fl 



ly emetic and cath 



the root has been obferved to excite vomiting fo conftanth 



tic: 



IS 



propofed by Linnasus as a fubftitute for ipecacuanh 



d Dr. Cull 



fay 



(C 



d 



he root dried only fo much as to be powdered prove 



dofe 



g 



1 



emetic. It will 



only anfwer in dofe 



and 



as 



of a fcruple, fometimes in a lefs quantity 



may be fuited to many of the purpofes of the ipecacuanha 



fmall dofes it is faid to promote perfp 



?5e 



In 



urine 



d the 



fl 



Si 



a 



Lid watery 



ons of the plant poffefs 



both its emetic and 



but it is faid that by codion 



the emetic povv^er is firft deftroyed 



tive. 



s 



A 



prefent Afaru 



is 



feld 



g 



3,fterwards th( 

 rnally, as the 



pur 



tions expeded from its ufe may be procured with more certainty and 

 fafety ^ by various other medicines, that it is now chiefly employed 

 an errhine or fternutatory, and is found to be 



the 



m 



oft 



feful and 



Mat. M 



lefs acrid than the 



dofes, not exceeding a few g 



fucceflive evenings, produce a pretty large watery difcharg 



For this purpofe the leaves, as benig 



and in mode- 



feveral 

 , which 



preferred by the Colleg 



fnuffed up the 



fometimes continues for feveral days together, by which headach 



toothach, opthalmia, and fome paraly 



d foporific complaints 



) 



have been effedually relieved. It is the bafis of the pulv. fternutato 



rius 



> 



pulv is afari compofitus 



t Nardus Celtica L 



Lewis M. M. p 



V 



* Jm. Acad, T. J. p. 307. where It is alfo obferved 

 J fine powder^ it unlform'y ads as an emetic, bi 



ftate 



ftomach 



: when coarfely powde 

 Mat, Med. vol. ii. P 



3 



Diureticum Sc emraenagogum infig 



nde M 



cum 



f 



avidas. Qu 



• \ 



ft tritum eo magis urinas mo 



vere, minus autem alvum ducere, creditur." 



Ht/I, p. 208 



s Raii /. ^' 



Ante 



c 



aliquot annos civis huius loci, vir quadratus, difficultcr mobills, fumst, 



: :_..._ ._ integrum cochlear. In^^^^^''? 



atharfui patiebatur lethalem," &c, mdelius Jmanit. M. M. p- ^^^' ^ ^' ^'^^'^'^ 



fiiafu 



aniculae, pulverem afari 



& 



s 



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