APPENDIX. 401 
he Plants of thofe Countries, which have been: 
brought hither under that Name. : cee 
Thus alfo, that Root which was at one Time 
about to be brought very much into Ufe, under ~ 
the Name of the Seneka Rattle-Snake Root, 
but of which little Mention has been made_ here, 
becaufe the Attention has not been turned upon 
Novelty but Ufe, being found to belong to a kind. 
of Milkwort, or Polygala. The Roots of the 
common Milkwort of our Paftures being tried, 
_ have been found to poffefs the fame Virtues, though 
in a lefs Degree. This Plant would not have 
_ been regarded, ifthe other had not been found to 
be of the fame Kind, but to that we owe the 
Knowlege of its Virtues. 
There is this great Reafon for feeking in ourown 
Climate, Plants of the fame Nature, and Form, 
and Kind, with thofe which in other Countries 
_ afford us Remedies; that they are generally of the 
fame Kind, and may be fitter for our Conftitu-— 
tions. This is certain, that as the Sun ripens the 
: Juices of Plants in hotter Countries to more Vir- 
tue than with us, fo it makes Mens Conttitutions 
“more able to bear their Effects. 
The Chine/e will fwallow fuch Dofes as are Poi- 
fon toone of us. This we know in many In- 
-ftances, and it ought to encourage us in the pre- 
fent Refearch, becaufe if the fame Dofes which a- 
gree with them, are too much for us ; we may 
-alfo find, that other Medicines of the fame kind 
_of Virtues, though in a leffer Degree, may alfo 
be found to agree better with our Conftitutions. 
would not carry fo far as fome have done, that 
Opinion, of Nature’s havin provided in every 
Country the Remedies for the Difeafes of that 
Country: God. is the Author of Nature, and he 
knowing there arnlats aaa among Man- 
kind, 
