llje Ujeful Family Herhal, i^^^ 



large, they ftand in Pairs oppofite to one ano- 

 ther ; and are oblong, broadeft in the Middle, 

 and rounded or bhint at the End, and of a very 

 bitter Tafte j the Flowers are fmalJ and iland in 

 Clufters at certain Parts of the young Branches : 

 The Fruit is of the Bignefs of an Apple, and is 

 yellow when ripe. The Kernels in this are what 

 we call Nux Vomica ; there are fifteen of them in 

 each Fruit, and they are lodged in three Divi- 

 fions. 



Thefe Kernels are the only Part ufed; our 

 Druggifts keep them, they are round, flat, and 

 of a whitifh Colour, very firm, and tough. They 

 have been ufed as Poifon to Dogs, Cats, and other 

 Animals, but there are thofe who give them to 



the human Species in fmali Dofes without Mif- 

 chicf, and with very good EfFetfl. _ Qiiartan Agues 

 that have flood it againfl the Bark, have beea 

 cured by them j but if theDofe be too large, they 

 bring on Convulfions, and there is great Reafon 

 to believe, that in very large ones they would kill. 

 At prefent we have Choice of fo many Medicines 

 for every Diforder, that it is almofl: unpardonable, 



ve fuch as are fufpicious. Some People have 

 ventured to give even Ratfbane, as a Medicine 

 mixed with other Things, and in the twentieth 

 Part of a Grain for a Dofe; but Reafon condemns 

 th:s rafli Way of Praftice, and doubly as there is 

 no Nf ccflit7 to authorize it. 



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