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of cephalalgia have been cured; for which we have the authorities of 
Etmuller, Hartmann, and more efpecially De Haen.* 
Notwithftanding thefe teftimonies in favour of. Vervain, it has 
defervedly fallen into difufe in Britain; nor has the pamphlet of Mr. 
Morley, written profefledly to recommend its ufe in fcrophulous 
affections, had the effe€&t of reftoring its medical chara&er. This 
gentleman direéts the root of Vervain to be tied with a yard of white 
jattin ribband round the neck; where it is to remain till the patient 
~recovers.. He alfo has recourfe ‘to infufions and ointments prepared 
from the leaves of the plant; and occafionally calls in aid the moft 
active medicines of the Materia Medica. 
“ De Haen Rat. Med. P. 6. p» 304. 
© See his Effay on Schrophula. 
= ss RS IT 
VERONICA OFFICINALIS, OFFICINAL VERONICA; 
| we Or, MALE SPEEDWELL, 
‘ SYNONYMA. Veronica. Pharm. Dale. 186. Alfton. ii. 244. 
 ‘Bergius. 17. Murray. ii. 205. Rutty. 535. Lewis. 660. Edinb. — 
New Difpenf. gol. Veronica mas fupina et vulgatifima. Bauh. 
Pin. 246, V. vera et major. Gerard. Emac. 626. V. mas vul- 
garis fupina. ‘Park. Theat. 550. Raii. Hiff. 851. Synop. 281. 
Hall. n. 540. V. officinalis. Hudfon. Ang. 4. Lightf Scot. 27. 
Withering. Bot. Arr.9. Flor. Dan. 248. Flor. Lond. n. 33. 
Diandria Monogynia. | Lin. Gen. Plant. 25. 
Gen. Ch. Cor. Limbo 4-partito: ‘lacinia infima anguftiore. Capfula 
bilocularis, 
Sp. Ch. 
