3^3 



ripe of a Mning black colour : they contain a pulpy deep 



hich h 



pleafa 



juice 



bitterifh, acrid, naufeous 



wnicn nto a xctxx.u ^..^..^«.c...^ ^lAi^ii, aiiu d uiuenin, acrid, na 



tafte: they operate briftly by ftool, and hence the plant derives the 



Xi'mt cathart'iciis i"" their purgative effeds are conftantly accompanied 



fiderable thirft, and drynefs of the 



th and throat, 



frequently with fevere griping of the bowels, efpecially unlefs fom 

 diluting liquor be plentifully drunk immediately after taking them. 



be about twenty of the fi-efli berries in fub 



1 



" The dofe 



ftan 

 and 



twic 



faid 

 thrice th 



mber in decod: 



a half of the dried berries ; an ounce of the expreffed j 

 half an ounce of the rob or extrad:, obtained by infpiilating the j 

 The juice .made into a fyrup is the ofli 



ram or a dram 



or 



preparation, and in this 

 ftate it has been generally preferred by phyficians, who found that in 

 dofes of one ounce to two it proved a very powerful purgative, and 



was therefore much employed as a hydrag 



Few patients 



however are able to bear a frequent repetition of this medi 



Sydenham, who was partial to the purgative treatment of hyd 



d 



pical difeafes, found that other cath 



more effedually anfwered 



this purpofe : at prefent it is rarely prefcribed except in conjundion 

 with other medicines of this clafs. 



+ 



The inner bark, like that of Elder, Is faid to be a ftrong cathartic, 

 and to excite vomiting.* 



• This juice Is called by the French Verd de Veffie, or Sap Green, and 'is ufed for 



painting or ftaining paper : that of the unripe berries is yellow, and when tlie berries are 



gathered late in the autumn, the juice is purple. It is alfo ufed as a dye. See Lin. 

 Flor. Suec. p. 72. 



^ It is reported that the flefli of thofe birds which feed upon thefe berries is purgative. 

 Homberg, Me7n. de I' Acad, des Sc. de P 



i 



aris^ ijl?.. p. g. 



<= Lewis, Ad'. M. p. 612. 

 Riverius, ?rax. lib. iu cap. 6. p. 44. — Boerhaave, Dc mr'ih, med.p. 308.— Chomel 



Wudl. torn. i. p, 19,— Sydenham, Opera^ p. 488. 



Allioni, Fl, Pedmonty f, ii, p, 130. 



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