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without occafioning the inconvenience which 

 might arife from coftivenefs. 



The fmoke of henbane conveyed to the 

 part, through a fmall tube, is faid to be a 

 very certain cure for the tooth -ach. 



The leaves applied externally in the form 

 of cataplafm, fomentation, or unguent, are 

 difcutient, anodyne, and abate not only in- 

 flammatory but rheumatic pain *. 



* Vide Lewis Mater. Med. p. 315. Lind»ftolphe, 

 de Venenis, cap. v. p. 552. Konig. Regnum Vege- 

 tab. p, 869. Hoyer, AS:, phyfico-med. nat. curiof. 

 vol, V. p. 260. HofFman Phil. Corp. Human, cap. vii. 

 Haller, Stirp. helvet. p. 513, Wepfer, de Cicut. 

 Aquat. Hiftor. & Noxae. 



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