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Sncndcd bj* alt iToJern writers on tlic siil>jcct, and r.as Gt unknown Vu (fhc rsriicr tiuicf* 

 of on r navigation. Sir Jiinits Lancaster, in l)is vo}\i<re, \vlicrc ho uas general in liie 

 East ladies, in the year ICOl, cavrieu with him sevei'ai bottles of lemon juice ; and iiy 

 giving three spoonfuls to each sailor in the nioniing, who then fasted till noon, kept 

 Iheni entirely free from, or cured them of, this terrible disorder. Tlie juice of limes 

 and lemons depurated, and mixed with goDcl rum, makes the liquor called shrub, and- 

 may he considered as an article of export Long, p. 795. 



In Captain Cook's voyages great benefit was derived irom lemon and or;inge juice; 

 and found in the sea- Scurvy to be very efficacious. Sir J(jhn Pringle approves more of 

 the juices themselves -depurated, than the extract of them, as ttiis cannot be prepared 

 Witiiout dissipating man\ of the finer parts. The yellow peel of the lemon is ^n agree- 

 able arou.aiic us well as of the orange ; and in cold phlegmatic constitutions they prove 

 excellent stomachics and carminatives, promoting appetite, wanning the habit, aii^J 

 Strengthening the tone of the viscera. 



Lemons are cooling and grateful to tUe sumach, qtienching thirst and increasing 

 nppetiie ; useful in ievers, as well coiiimon as malignant and pestilential ; they also 

 prov ;ke urine. The juice, mixed vvitu salt ol wormwood, is an excellent medicine tO 

 slop vomiting and to strengthen tht stomach. In distillation it yields an essential, h^ht, 

 colourless, oil. Six drachms of the juice of lemons, saturated with about hall a dracinn 

 of fixed alkaline salt, wiiii the addition of a smiili quantity of so. i.e g'.le.ul aromiitic 

 Water, as tincture of suiiple cinnamon water, is given (Uosvs for acnlts i winc-gU. ull 

 ever*' t\^n, lour, or six. hours) ;ii Ciises of nausea, reathi gs, and generidly abate :,, hi 

 a little time, the severe vomitings that happen in. fevers, when most ottier liquors and 

 medicines aic l rown up as soon as taken. It is also use;: as a saline aperient in icterical, 

 hydropical, iiitiammatory, and other disorders. A syrup made by dissolving forty-eight 

 or fifty ounces of tine sugar in a quart of depurated juice, is mixed occasi;>naily with 

 draug'.t-. and juleps, as a mild antiphlogistic, an. sometimes used in gargari.:ais ibr in- 

 fla.. ui..aon of tUt mouth and tonsils. Lewis Mat. Med. 



An iiuelhgent autlior asserts, tnat he has known a disonierod stomach entire!'- reco- 

 vered b} tiie use of lemon or oraiige peel, infused m tlie ^ame manner as tea. Cle~ 

 Ui:^d's Institutes of Health, p. 22. 



In fluxes, with fever and symptoms of inflammation, bleed to eight ounces. Wiien 

 there is little or no fever, the following mixture has done much good : Lime-juice 

 three ounces ; as much sea or common suit as the acid will lake up; water twcive 

 ounces; sugar two ounces ; rum one ounce ; two table spoonfuls every three or four 

 hours, as tlie case may require. Grainger. 



The following recipe was communicutt U by the late Dr. Affleclf, of the pari.sh of 

 Portland, who said he had it from an old practitioner, and had himself freq i . ntly used 

 it in dropsical cases with success ; 



" Take lemon juice-one quart ; spring water one pint; white lily root, bruised, en?- 

 pound; cowitch twelve pods; boil them to the consumption of one-third ; strain, and 

 add one pin i, of rum, one ounce of turmeric root, in powder: sliake them Uvi! toge- 

 ther, and give a small wine-glass full every morning, at the same tune Use tiie duaib- 

 cane ointment, as Ur. Barham directs, with the exception of me cataplasui to the 

 scrotum, as it frequi ntly brings on a mortificaiiou." llubbing; the torehead ai.u tern- 

 BJ.es wutli-tbe iuice removes tiie hcad-acUeo 



