Chap. 49.] OIL OF HEyBA^^E. 493 



is very beneficial to the eyesight, disperses films upon the eyes, 

 assuages hardness of breathing, and acts emolliently upon all 

 kinds of gatherings and indurations. It has the effect, also, 

 of preventing the blood from coagulating, acts as a detergent 

 upon ulcers, and is remarkably beneficial for diseases of the 

 ears, head-ache, trembling,^ spasms, and ruptures. Taken in 

 milk, it is an antidote to the poison of aconite, and used as a 

 liniment upon the access of the shivering fits in fevers, it modi- 

 fies their violerce. Still, however, it should be used but spa- 

 ringly, as it is of a very caustic nature, and, if not employed in 

 moderation, is apt to augment the malady. 



CHAP. 48. ilALOBATHTXM : FIVE EEMEDIES. 



We have already^ spoken, also, of the nature of maloba- 

 thrum, and the various kinds of it. It acts as a diuretic, and, 

 sprinkled in wine upon the eyes, it is used very advantageously 

 for defluxious of those organs. It is applied also to the fore- 

 head, for the pui-pose of promoting sleep ; but it acts with 

 still greater efficacy, if the nostrils are rubbed with it, or if it 

 is taken in water. The leaves, placed beneath the tongue, 

 impart a sweetness to the mouth and breath, and put among 

 clothes, they produce a similar efi'ect. 



CHAP. 49. OIL OF HEXBAN'E : TWO EEiTEDTES. OIL OF LUPINES : 



OXE EEMEDV. OIL OF NAECISSUS : ONE EEMEDr. OIL OF 

 RADISHES : FIVE REilEDIES. OIL OF SESAME : THEEE EEilEDIES. 

 OIL OF LILIES : THEEE REilEDIES. OIL OF SELGA : ONE REMEDY. 

 OIL OF IGEVirM : ONE EEMEDY. 



Oil of henbane" is of an emoUient nature, but it is bad for 

 the nerves ; taken in drink, it disturbs the brain. Thermi- 

 num,® or oil of lupines, is emollient, and very similar to oil of 

 roses in its 65*00 ts. As to oil of narcissus, we have already " 

 spoken of it when describing that flower. Oil of radishes -^ 



5 "Tremulis." 



6 In B. xii. c. 59. ^Vhaterer malobathrum may have been, this was an 

 artificial oil, no doubt. 



' " nyoscj-aminum." A fixed oil with nai'cotic properties, and most 

 probably, highly dangerous in its efi'ccts. 

 ^ From the Greek d'spficg, a lupine. 

 ^ In B. sxi. c. 75. 

 10 A fixed oil, charged with a small proportion of essential oil. 



