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he clearly afcertamed,'' and tli 



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far depreciated J th 



It 



der it formerly obtained is fo 



dram of 



dry 



powd 



rely prefcribed by phyfl 



two or three ounces of 



A 



exprefled juice, or an infufion of half a handful of the frefli leave 



e 



have been direded for a dof 



3 



the common people, with whom it is ilill a f 



This laft mode is ufually pradifed by 



e 



& 



daflh 



remedy 



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/ 



Hyfteria, Afthma pituitofum. 



emmenagoga, dluretica. ZJj' 



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i « It has had the reputation of a peroral : but in many trials, its virtues In that way- 

 have not been obferved ; and in feveral cafes it has been judged hurtful.^ For its ufe in 

 Afthma and Phthifis, and for its power in refolving indurations of the liver, I confider 

 the authorities of Forreftus, Zacutus Lufitanus, and Chomel, to be very infufScient i 

 and the events they have afcribed to it feem to be very improbable.'* Culkn Mat. MecL 



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k^fr^ ^'^-tfv'^ 4h i-^ ^A^m. 



ASTRAGALUS TRAGACANTHA 



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goat's THORN 

 MILK VETCH. 



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Ex hac planta exudat Gummi Tragacantha. Fharm, Lond, ^ Edink 



ST NO NT MA. Aflrao-alus aculeatus fruticoihs Maffilienfis. FluL 



yllm. p. Go, Tragacantha. Bauh, Pi?u p, o^^'^, Tragacantha, five 

 fpina hirci. Gerard Emac. p, 1328. Tragacantha vera. Park 

 Theat. p, 995. Tragacantha Maffdienfis. J. Bauh^^BiJl, i. p, 407. 

 Rail H'lft, p. 933. Du Hamd^ Traite des ArhreSy t» u» p, 343. 



Tourneforty Voyage du Levani\ t, i, p, 21. 



V 



Clafs Diadelphia. Ord. Decandria. Lin, Gen, Plant. ^^2, 

 EJf, Gen. Ch. Legumen biloculare, gibbum. 



^/. Ch. 



A. caudice arborefcente, petiolis fpinefcentibus. 



THE 



root is perennial, long, tapering, and fibrous : the flems 

 are fhrubby, ihort, thick, branched, procumbent, clothed with brown 



No. 



20. 



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rigid 



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