37 2 
b 
tumours, 
i 
in liniments or X 
d other aiTeel 
inltices. Oil 
both 
b 
itfelf 
as mixed 
1 over the body has been 
found by many of great fervice in dropfies, particularly in afc 
wl-nrli tUrrf* Inffancea of its fuccefs are related in the Philoi 
Tranfa&ions by Dr. 01 
ophic; 
Boenniken * has mentioned the fuccefi 
ful ufe of oil in rabies canina; and a farther account of its efficacy 
that difeafe was lately read before the Medical Society of Londo 
but though Boenniken attribute 
b 
th 
cure of h 
patient to the oil 
yet 
we 
i 
oth 
mea 
were 
°) : 
1 th 
c 
bitte 
» 
n 
Scarified and bliftered. Refpe&ing the trial of th 
P 
hydrophob 
we can 
y 
o b f ( 
medy he 
e r v e 
that it has been fince ufed in a 
milar cafe without fuccefs, therefore at bed little confid 
be 
placed on a folitary inft 
In regard to the general effects of 
taken internally, we may remark, that though its effects as a me- 
the primse vise, yet it may be very rationally 
d 
extend 
the 
doubted if it produces any medicinal effecl: after paffing 
fanguiferous fyilem. 
This oil enters feveral officinal compofitions, and when united 
with water, by the intervention of alkali, is ufually given in coughs 
and hoarfenefs, &c. The effects of foap will be noticed under the 
plant Salfola Kali. 
f Phtlofophical Tranf. vol. 49. p. 46. For other inftances, fee Ann. Med. 1. p. 90 
Beobacht. a. d. Arzneyw. p. 569. fqq. And Gardane, Gazette de SantL 1773 fcf 1774 
l>.29>254> 267, 279. 
* Frank. Samml. T. B, 59Q. fqq. 
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