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to be a moft efficacious remedy againfl 

 the hooping cough ; which yet is com- 

 monly ufed in this difeafe by the Wef- 

 trcgorhs. The Turkey baum is kept in 

 our Ihops, aitho' much weaker than the 

 Canariar,^ which is excluded. The white 

 faxifrage and dropwort^ tho' neither of 

 them has any extraordinary quality, yet 

 hold a place amongft our officinals. The 

 mechoacana is feldom ufed, as being of 

 no great ftrength, yet it is a very pro- 

 per purge for infants. The oak of Je- 

 rufalem is gathered from the European 

 plant, whereas both tafle and fmell in- 

 ftru6l us, that we ought to get it from 

 the American^ as a moft powerful remedy 

 in confumptions. The plant, and ftalk 

 of black currants^ no contemptible medi- 

 cine in the hydrophobia^ in feverijh dy- 

 fenteries^ and other contagious diftempers, 

 are now negle6i:ed, as the antients have 

 faid nothing about their vertues j which 

 yet are difcoverable by the fmell, tho' 

 not by the tafte. 



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