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large, they ftand in Pairs oppofite to one ano- 
_ and rounded or blunt at the End, and of a ve 
bitter Tafte; the Flowers are {mall and ftand in 
The Fruit-is of the Bignefs of an Apple, and is 
yellow when ripe... The Kernels in this are what 
we call Nux Vomica; there are fifteen of them in 
< Fruit, and they are lodged in three Divi- 
~ Thefe Kernels are’ the only Part ufed; our 
Druggifts’ keep them, they are round, flat, and 
of a whitith Colour, very firm, and tough. They 
_ Rave been ufed as Poifon to Dogs, Cats, and other 
_ Animals, but there are thofe who give them to 
the human Species in {mall Dofes without Mif- 
chief, and with very good Effect. Quartan Agues 
hat have ftood it-againft the Bark, have been, 
cured by them ; but if the Dofe be-too large, they 
_ bring on Convulfions, and there is great Reafon. 
to believe, that in very large ones they would kill, 
_ At prefent we have Choice of fo many Medicines 
for every Diforder, that~it is almoft unpardonable, 
to give fuch as are fufpicious. Some People have 
_Ventured to give evert Ratfbane, as a Medicine 
mixed with other Things, and in the twentieth 
Part of a Grain for a Dofe; but Reafon condemns 
this rath Way of Practice, and:doubly as there is 
“To Neceffity to authorizeit, 
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ther; and are oblong, broadeft in the Middle, 
Clufters at certain Parts of the young Branches : | 
