1¥2 The Ufeful Family Herbal. 
Comprefs: They then bind them ‘on with Linen 
Rags, and never take off the Dreffing for three 
Days, at the End of which Time in moft Cafes 
they only find a Scar: The Cure being perfected. 
This is the Subftance of a pompous Account fent 
lately to a Perfon of Diftinétion with fome Leaves 
of the Herb. There is no doubt of the Truth, 
and the Surgeons will very well underftand the Na- 
ture of the Cure; the Difcovery however is not 
new, for the Herb has always been reckoned a- 
mong the vulnerary Plants ; and fome have pre- 
tended that it will fingly cure the Kings Evil, 
but that is not to be expected ; at the fame Time 
it may be proper to obferve that we do not want 
Plants for the fame Ufe in England; we have the 
_ Tutfan which is to be applied in the fame Manner, 
and has the fame Effect; Clowns All-heal, and 
many othery named in their Places, ee 
Hares Foor. 
_LAGOPUS. soon 
on little Plant, fingular in the Tuft, 
A which contains its Seeds, and whence it has 
Its Name, but not fo much regarded as it ought: 
to be for its Virtues. The Stalks are numerous, 
round, flender, and fpread upon the Ground, each’ 
is divided into a Number of leffer Branches. The 
Leaves are f{mall, oblong, narrow, of a pale. 
_ green Colour, and hairy; and they itand three 
together in the Manner of the. Trefoils. The 
“towers are {mall and of a faint Red, they ftand fe- 
veral ‘ogether ina thort Spike, and the Cups 
; whick _ teceive them atthe Bafe are downy, this 
gives the fingular Afpeé&t of Hiairinefs to. thefe 
Heads, and their Softnefs to the Touch, 
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