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ease pain and to promote a haga The 
root roasted in ash Gee ied to wounds 
from bruises, nails, &c., is ce ae od to draw 
out substances, and alley PS ae a _ Ap 
tice of this root, cohush Pon 
: Mondrate and May-Apple 3 a | 
Mandrake is & commo feat erotag 
suing at each jomt. The stem is from eight to 
sixteen inches high, dividing at the top into two 
branches, each branch supporting a single leaf. 
Flowers ‘large, white, only one on Pid saad and 
a few pone into the ear n Doetor ‘hives: 
Hough, recomm the ae r : 
esc’ to cleanse bad ulcers, and dis 
escharo les e- 4 
_ them to heal, and to promote the exfoliation or 
removal of carious er rotten bones cape irects = 
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