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pais lac sand ower in the months of F 
grows: in the seats of the: bio. river. 
ree in gardens, = a rich soil, it attains to the he 
This whole plant is so. corrosive that six of i ta berries are | 
kill a wolf. The bark of the root, when chewed for riggs a sig ; 
tremely acrid to the taste, exciting an insupportable sensation of 
burning in the mouth and throat. en ae 
Mezereon is a stimulating diaphoretic, and has been fc 
viceable in chronic rheumatism, and cutaneous diseases. Its prin 
‘cipal use is in syphilis, as being particularly Scope a in removir u 
venereal nodes, and disposing ulcerations to heal. iv 
form of decoction : two drachms of the bark, with half a 1 ou 
liquorice root, being boiled in three pounds of water to two poun 
and four or'six ounces of this given four times a day. It is gene 
‘rally combined with sarsaparilla, when it forms the “comp un 
coction of i in sarsaparilla,” kept the shops, 
Mirxweep, or Sitxweep. Vincetoricum. The root. —~ 
This plant has a square stalk, rising 
smooth, oval, and milky; flowers yellow, L 
fly by pee sides, on sandy grounds. The root is \ 
ta foot y3 
‘The root reriaiay been found effectual in the cure of dropsy 
It is a powers] diuretic, sudorific, emmenagogue, and alexipharmic 
and has been found beneficial in catarrhal, cachectic, ser 
and rheumatic disorders, and worms in children. +5 
~ Boil eight ounces of the dry root to three quarts ; of this a gill may 
be taken four times a day for the dropsy, increasing the dose ac 
ing to its effect. For other complaints a larger dose may be taken, 
Or the roots in tincture with gin may be used in sore. and grav- 
a4 ‘disorders. pierce 
 Misteror oF THE OsK- Viscum Album. The leaves. a3 
This ‘a parasitical plant, something like a large bush ; it grows 
ir is eens but A wh h hich is found on the oak is chiefly used. 
“lhe braoches are regularly forked, leaves ending obtuse, in paves 
_ berries white, smooth, globular and clustered, remaining on 
- out the winter, and contain one fleshy seed. _ 
It should be separated from the oak about the last of November, 
gradually dried, ground into a fine powder, and confined in a 
ees | has been recorded as an efficacious remedy i in epilepsy, = 
1y eminent physicians, both ancient and modern: the reason — 
why it has failed in later trials of some praciioper, is pr 
because they did not prescribe a sufficient quantity, or 
Byon lots eponct to the air, when it lost ite vee 
