THE 





Useful Family Herbal. 



OR, AN 



Account of all thofe £//g-///7j Plants, which 



are remarkable for their Virtues: And* of th 

 Drugs, which are produced by Vegetables of 

 other Couiitries. With their Descriptions, 



and their Ufes, as proved by Experience. 



^ -- 



Illuftrated with 



Figures of the mod ufeful Englijb Plants 



WITH AN 



NT R OD UC T rONj 



CONTAINING, 



I. Directions far the gathering 

 and pieierving Roots, Herbs, Flotv- 

 tfs, and Seeds, 



JI. The various Methods of pre- 



thefe Simples for prefent 

 Ufe. 



l^l^ Receipt 

 chemdiftiiled/A 



paring 



s for making from J j 

 lifirSyConftri/es^Sj- II 



rufSy and other Forms proper to be 

 in Readinefs, and for keeping all 

 the Year, 



IV. The Ways of making up Flee- 



tuarieSy JulfpSj Draughts, and the 



other common Forms of Remedies ; 



together with Cautions in the giving 

 them. 



AND AN 



APPENDIX 



M 



Containing, a Proposal for the farther feeking into the 

 Virtues of Englijh Herbs, and the Manner of doing it 

 v/ith Eafc and Safety. 



The V/hol-e intended for -the Ufe of Families, * 



And for the Inftruftion of thofe who are defirous of relieving 



the diflrjfled Sick. 



J 



S- 



By J 



HILL, M. D. 



JFcllow of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Bonrdeaux 



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the second edition. 



LONDON: 



Printed 



W 



W. J 



X, in Fket-Jlreet near T^mph-Bar, 



M.DCC.LV. 



and 



