287 * 



ripen its feeds here unlefs the feafon proves very v/arm and dry 



b 



The root of Pyrethrum has a very h 

 fenfible fmell." Its p 



more fixed kind ; being 



pung 



without any 



gency refides in a refmous matter, of 





ded completely by redified 



d 



I 



only in fmall part by water ; and not being carried off, in evaporation 

 or diftillation by either nienftruum." *" 



The ancient Romans, we are told, employed this root as a p 

 and indeed it feems lefs acrid than many other fubftancc 

 for this purpofe. In its recent. Hate this root is not fo 



d 



now ufed 

 pung 



From th 



d, yet if applied to the Mn it is faid to ad like the bark of 

 .nd in four days produces inflammation of the part/ 



and ft 



qu 



lities of Pyrethrurn there 

 be no doubt but that it might be found an efficacious remedy, and 



equally fitted for an internal medicine, as 



now conftantly prefcribed. Its ufe however has be 



many 



that of a mafticatory 



for 



on bei 



the mouth 

 fal 



ig chewed 



excites 



glowing heat, flimul 



lers of this clafs 

 m long confined 

 r long retained in 

 the excretories of 



g 



and thereby produces a difcharge, which has been found to 

 toothachs, and rheumatic affedions of the face ; in this way 



lints, and paralyfes of the 



ommended in lethargic compl 



M/kr D 



^ Lewis M. M. p. 527. 



«* See Berg. M, M. p. 698 



® Bergius^ V. I. c. 

 Its ufe in this way is mentioned by S 



V_ 



iC 



cerebrum manfa radice pyrethri 



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