= -Fennet. The seedé=2 ast Reber air 7S 
cultivated plant, and is an excelent aromatic natic and 
irmun ative, similar to caraway, dill, &c. The seeds, taken in pares 
‘stance or boiled in milk, are beneficial in removing visceral obstruc- 
i 
Fomrony. Fumaria Oficinalis. The leaves. 
t rises a foot high; leaves een, compound, doubly 
flowers of a reddish Seg can in kes: which 
a the axilla of the leaves. It grows common in cornfields, — 
the side of fences. eo 4 
Fumitory is a tonic bitter, and antiscorbutic, and has been found 
efficacious in the cure of leprosy and other cutaneous eruptions, — 
_ For these purposes it should be drank freely in decoction. Two 
ounces of the flowers and tops infused in three pints of Madeira wine, 
_and a wine glass taken twice a day, will strengthen the stomach and 
Steste a good appetite. 
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. Gatpanum. The gum resin. 
about the size ofa hazle nut. _ Proof spiri 
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_ Galbanum possesses the virtues of the feetid gums, and ts used 
for the same purposes ; dose from ten grains to a drachm. It is chief 
ly employed in the form of a plaster to white swellings, and 
“4 to resolve and discuss tumors, and promote suppuration. In 
ic spasms and inflamed piles, an application of a tincture from — 
gum affords very effectual relief; but in the latter case, the — 
nful parts ought to be covered with linen rags moistened in lime-- 
before the tincture is dropped upon them. “sags 
