351 



It contains mucli farinaceous matter, which by undergoing a proD 



p^ocefs, fo as to diveft it of its bitternefs and acrTmTnVf AEr 

 might afford a kind of bread: ftarch has been made of it on^ 



^-11 If- made of it, ?nd 



found to be very good : it appears alfo to polTefs a faponace^-s 

 quality, as it is ufed, particularly in France and Switzeriand for 

 the purpofe ot cleaning woollens, and in waihing and 



linens. 



bleachins:. 



With a view to its errhine power the Edinburgh College has 

 introduced it into the Materia Medica ; as a fmall portion of the 

 powder, fnuffed up the noftrils, readily excites fneezino- • even th- 



infufion or decodion of this fruit produces this effea:; it has there 

 fore been recommended for the purpofe of producing a difcharff. 

 from the nofe, which, in fome complaints of the head and eyes i 

 found to be of confiderabk benefit. - 



On the Continent the Bark of the Horfe Chefnut-tree is held 



great eftimation as a febrifuge, and upon the credit of feveral re 

 fpedable authprs appears to be a medicine of great efficacy. 2;anni 

 chelli' at Venice Was., the firft, who publifhed its fuccefsful ufe in 

 various cafes of intermitTa\Ts*;- fiacgL wiiich its good efFeds have been 

 confirmed by Leidjsnfroft, Peipers,' julighlmf.dC.oiite and Willemet,' 

 .Sabarot De La Varniere,"' Turra," Buchholz,°and others : from whom 

 it appears, that this bark may be fubftituted for the Peruvian bark in 

 every cafe in which the latter is indicated, and with equal, 

 fuperior, advantage. 



H 



cauftic alkali, in order to take ofF the bitternefs, afterwards to wafh them in water^ 

 then boil them to a pafte; (See Bon Mem. de VAcaci. 1720. p. 460.) Lime water 

 alfo found to anfwer. (See Hijl. de la Societe R. de Montpell. torn. it. p. 57.) B 

 me nuts are cut and mixed with oats or bran, this purpofe may be efFeded with 

 ■trouble, Hannov. Mag. 1770. p. 226'. 



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Parmentier, Recherches fur les vegePaux nourljjam^ p. 176. 2i8 



^ Marcandier, Traite de Channjre^ Leipziger IntelUgenzblatt. 1764. />. 46* De 

 rujtica^ or the Repofitory for papers in Agricudwe^ vol. it. p. ']S' h' ^^* 



'' J. Jac Zannichelli Lettera intorno alle Facolta dell' Ippoca/lanoy &c. 



' Letdenfroft in Peipers DiJJ'. de cortlce Hippoc. Duifburg, 1,763. ^ Diff. de ni 

 vomica et cortlch Hlppocajl. virtute med. 1770. p. 25. fq. ^ Effals fur les pla7 



■mligenes. p. 57. m Joum. /e Medec. torn. 47. p. 324. " Delia febhrlf 



F. 



Ippocajlano^ hi Ficenza. 1780. ^ Vber Anttfepi. Subji. lyjb 



See Murray, I 



No. 26. 4 U 



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