escvivs mippocastanum, ORD. XXXVIII. Trihilaie. 615. 
which by undergoing a proper process, so as to divest it of its 
bitterness and acrimony, probably might afford a kind of bread : 
starch has been made of it, and found to be very good :‘ it appears 
also to possess a saponaceous quality, as it is used, particularly in 
France and Switzerland, for the purpose of cleaning woollens, 
and in washing and bleaching linens.® 
With a view to its errhine power the Edinburgh College has 
introduced it into the Materia Medica; as a small portion of the 
powder, snuffed up the nostrils, readily excites sneezing ; even 
the infusion or decoction of this fruit produces this effect; it- has 
therefore been recommended for the purpose of producing a 
discharge from the nose, which, in some complaints of the head 
and eyes, is found to be of considerable benefit. 
On the Continent the bark of the Horse Chesnut-tree is held in 
great estimation as a febrifuge, and upon the credit of several 
respectable authors appears to be a medicine of great efficacy. 
Zannichelli, * at, Venice, was the first who Sablnbed: its successful 
use in various ¢ cases of intermittents ; since which its good effects 
have been confirmed by Leidenfrost, Peipers,' Junghanss,* Coste, 
and Willemet,’ Sabarot De La Varniere,” Turra," Buchholz;° and 
to wash them in water, and then boil them toa paste. (See Bon Mem. de P Acad. 
1720. p. 460.) Lime water was also found to answer. (See Hist. de la Société 
R. de Montpell. tom. ti. p. 57.) But if the nuts are cut and mixed with oats or 
bran, this purpose may be effected with less trouble. Hannoo. Mag. 1770. p. 226. 
! Parmentier, Recherches sur les vegetaux nourissans, p. 176. 218. 
g Marcandier, Traité de Chanvre, Leipziger Intelligenzblatt. 1764. p. 46. 
De re rustica, or the Repository for papers in Agriculture, vol. ii. p. 75. sq. &c. 
» J. Jac. Zannichelli Lettera intorno alle Facolta dell? Ippocastano, §c. 
» 1 Leidenfrost in Peipers Diss. de cortice Hippoc. Duisburg. 1763. 
=, Bue de nucis vomice et corticts Hippocast. virtute med. 1770. Pe . 25. sg 
} Essais sur les plantes indigenes. p. 57. ee 
; ™ Journ. de Medec. tom. 47. p. 324. react 
. Tele febdrifers Facolta del? Ippocastano, in Vicenza, 1780. oe Z 
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