402 ORD. XXIII. Siliquose. COCHLEARIA ARMORACIA. 
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a portion of this infusion be taken with a large draught of warm 
water, it readily proves emetic, and may either be employed by 
itself to excite vomiting, or to assist the operation of other 
“ emetics. Infused in water, and taken into the stomach, it proves 
stimulant to the nervous system, and is thereby useful in palsy ; 
and if employed in large quantity it proves heating to the whole 
** body : and hereby it proves often useful in chronic rheumatism, 
whether arising from scurvy, or other causes. Burgius* has 
** given us a particular method of exhibiting this root, which is 
by cutting it down, without bruising, into very small pieces; 
and these, if swallowed without chewing, may be taken down 
in large quantity, to that of a table spoonful: and the author 
alleges, that in this way, taken every morning for a month 
together, this root has been extremely useful in arthritic cases ; 
which however 1 suppose to have been of the rheumatic kind. 
It would seem that in this manner employed, analagous to the 
« use of unbruised mustard-seed, it gives: out in the stomach its 
“© subtle volatile parts, that stimulate considerably without in- 
“* flaming. The matter of Horse-radish, like the same matter of 
the other siliquose plants, carried into the blood vessels, passes 
readily into the kidneys, and proves a powerful diuretic, and is 
therefore useful in dropsy; and we need not say, that in this 
manner, by promoting both urine and perspiration, it has been 
long knowa as one of the most powerful antiscorbutics.’”* 
that one dram of the root, fresh, scraped down, was enough for four ounces of 
water, to be infused in a close vessel for two hours, and made into a syrup, with 
double its weight of sugar. A tea-spoonful or two of this syrup, swallowed 
leisurely, or at least repeated two or three times, we have found often very sudden 
ly effectual in relieving hoarseness.”” Mat. Med. ov. ii. p. 167. 
* See Berg. Mat. Med. p. 559. where he adds, “ Agit secure, ventriculum vix 
calefacit, nisi sub fine cura. Multos scorbuticos hoc etiam regimine perquam 
levatos vidi,” 
¢ Mat. Med. vol. iis p. 169. 
We are told’ by Dr. Withering, that an infusion of Horse-radish in milk makes 
one of the safest and best cosmetics, /. ¢, 
