?s, 



th 



The Ufeful Fafn'dy Herhat 



the Compofitions made with 



331 



er 



be perfectly depended upon, becaufe there is fo 

 much Difference in feveral Parcels of Scammony, 

 that they feem hardly the fame Medicine, fomc 



fo very ftron 



&' 



and fome fo weak 



G 



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COCHLEARIA HORTENSI 



A 



Common wild PI 



about 



Coafts 



but kept alfo in Gardens for its Virtues 



nd, weak, and 

 the'Leai^es that rife from the Root, make 



Foot high ; the Stalks arie 



"the moft confiderable App 



they ftahd 



\n 



and a brigl 



Tuft, and are of a roundifti. Fig 



green Colour, tender, juicy, 'and 



fi 



The 



re 



fe 



Stalks, and they are 

 he Root, but are a 



The Fl 



ftand 



t fo round as thofe from 



le angular and pointed. 



the Tops of the Stalks, in little Clufters, they 



• white, fmall, and bright, they are fucceeded by 



Iliort roundifh Seed 

 The trelh Leaves 



fed, and the beft way 



of all is to drink the expreffed Juice of 1 

 is excellent againft the Scurvy, and all o 

 nelTes of the Blood. It may be. mixed 



Juice to make it pleafi 



1, this 



Foul- 



th Se- 



fhould 



be taken e?ery Day for fix Weeks or two Monti 



Sp 



S 



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OCHLEARI 



M 



A Common Plant alfo about our Sea Co^s, 

 and by the Sides of Rivers, where the \ fie 

 comes. The I-eaves are not fo numerous as tho^ 



other, and they are oblong, of a rcdim 



.of til 



