Chap. 307. 



Herhs 



409 



traaive force, tlut it perfeflly frees the Patient fi 



on a Gout or Sciatica, from what Caufe foe 



forth the whole Morbifick Caufe and EfTence of 

 Dileafe ; in which Diftempers it performs in 



akaed it^rrecaUskck the HTmor' and 

 forth thro' the Pores cf the Skin. Applied to any 

 place in which there is any Prick, Splinter, Thorn, 

 Bullet, Shot, bits of broken Bones, it powerfiilly 

 loofensthem, attrafts and diaws them forth. Bei— 

 applied to any Plague Sore, Bubo, Phlegmon, 

 other Tumor which is poffible to come to Suppu 



miration ; and aftet it is broken, being yet applied, 

 it draws forth all the Malignity and Poifon of the 

 Plague in a Peftilential Bubo, and in other Apo- 



''iTlI.' The d.piled Water. It has the \ 



the Juice, Eflence and Decoftion, but in a much 

 inferior degree, and therefore may be ufed as a Ve- 



Salt, fo'it contains more of Life, Flame and°Spirit 



erfully againft the Plagurand all VeftSiaf 

 contagious Diftempers than any^of the foimer ir 



rMalignity'Vy Root ^ 



' '^'^XIX.' T/;f O^JTSr.. Anointed u 



down the Back-bone, and upon the Parts afFeaed 

 with Trembling, Numbednefs, Palfies and Convul- 



feafe, Weaknefs, and great Age of the Patient h 



XX. ' Toe Sa!,ne TinSure. It is good agai 

 Worms in the Skin, Lentils, Freckles, Pimples, a 

 other Breakings out : it kills Lice and Nits in t 

 Ri^woms, Herpes! S^bS,' Scwff^MoTphe 

 Black and Blewnels of the Skin left after Contt 

 ons, theLeprofy, runningUlcersof the Head, com- 

 monly called a Scald Head, and all other Manginefs 

 whatfocver, the Parts aflbaed being well bathed 



^ ^S-^ThelpliU^' It is very fubtil and full of 



fainting and fwooning Hyfterick Fits, Vapors, Ob- 

 ftruaions of the Lungs, Coughs, Colds, Surfeitings. 

 Colicks and Convullions of the Bowels -. it expels 



XXII. The E!iK,r. It has all the Virtues of th 



the Cafe may require. Dole half an Ounce, mor 

 Specifick againft jaundice and Droply ^ as alfo a 



CHAP. CCCVIII. 

 Of G A R L I C K Vipers. 



Allium A^gumiZTAllium VipenZm^ 'inE^gS, 



'iL ThTKw'ds. It is the fecond Species of Gar- 

 ■■ }, and is a Angular Plant of the kind -, called by 

 le Authors, Scorodoprnfftim convoluto Capiie, Leek 



cden GarVic? M^mdUf 'nZj'thlnGlr- 

 c, or partaking fomewhat of l.es\s, whence came 

 latter Name oj Scorodopraffum, <u Diofcorides 

 f. Frorn this Root fprings up a Stalk, three or 



'soif is in GoodneTf^k has'flfoVan'yLmes! 

 larger much than thofe of Common Garden Gariick, 



he bottom of theStaIktothem'iddlethereof,*havin2 

 SraeU between that of L^^^y and that oiGarluk. 

 ■he reft of the Stalk is naked, green, fmooth and 

 Imoft fhining, having at the top thereof a large 

 lead, compofed of many Bulbs, (not much unlike 

 Skin, ending in a long green Point, which grows a- 



ers^ The Head' with the top of the Stalk, at the 



cortdii^ and the Scorodopraffum fecundum Clujit : 



Tlie Timer. It flowers in fune and fufy, and 

 VI.' The Qualities, Specification, Prp>arat ions and 



