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Bromfield, « who declares that the cafes i ia whielt he tried the Solanum 
were much aggravated by it, and therefore he contends that its ut s 
is prejudicial and dangerous. 
Which of thefe contradictory accounts may be moft bade of 
credit it is not for us to determine; but if we judge from the diiufe 
of the Solanum, the opinion of Mr. Bromfield feems to have been 
tacitly confirmed. However, in the year 1764, Mr. Gataker again 
renewed his aflertion of the efficacy of Nightfhade,' which he does 
not attribute to any {pecific power, but to the evacuation it Produces 
* See his Account of the Englifh Nightfhades. 
! Effays on Medical Subjedts. See Introduction, and p. 38. 
CONTORTE. 
ASCLEPIAS VINCETOXICUM. OFFICINAL SWALLOWe 
- WORT, | 
SYNONYMA. Vincetoxicum, Afclepias, Hirundinaria, Pharm, 
~~ Dale. 179. Alfton. v. i. 536. Bergius. 172. Murray. i. 543- 
Lewis, 661. Ed. New Difpenf. 301, Afclepias albo flore, Baubh, 
Pin. 303. Gerard. Emac. 898. Park. Theat. 387. Ray. Hift. 
1091. Flor, Dan. 849. & Afclepias foliis ovatis acutis, caule. 
infirmo, umbellis fimplicihus. Mill. Did. Hort, Kew. | 
Pentandria Digynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 306, 
Gen. Ch. Contorta. NeGaria 5, ovata, concaya, corniculum exferentia, is 
Sp. Ch, A, foliis ovatis bafi barbatis, caule erecta, umbellis proliferis, | 
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