£60 ORD. XXV. Lomentacee. FUMARIA OFFICINALIS, 
a common drink. Dr. Cullen classes this plant among the tonics; 
he says, “it is omitted in the London dispensatory, but retained 
in ours, and in every other that I know of. Ihave found it useful 
in many cases in which bitters are prescribed ; but its remarkable 
virtues are those of clearing the skin of many disorders. For this 
it has been much commended ; and I have myself experienced its 
good effects in many instances of cutaneous affections, which I 
would call Lepra. I have commonly used it by expressing the 
Juice, and giving that to two ounces twice a day: but I find the 
virtues remain in the dried plant, so that they may be extracted by 
infusion or decoction in water; and the foreign dispensatories have 
prepared an extract of it, to which they ascribe all the virtues of 
the fresh plant.” ¢ 
« M. M. vol. ii. p. 77% 
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