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the rout, and arc long, broad, pointed at the 

 ends, not dented at the edges, and of a very deep 

 green colour. On other pa its of the root stand 

 the stalks, which bear the (lowers ; these are a 

 foot high, and of the thickness of a goose quill. 

 They have only a kind of films instead of leaves ; 

 the flowers stand in short thick spikes, and are 

 of a red colour, longish and slender ; they look 

 very pretty in the spike, but do not Jast long ; 

 the root is oblong, thick, and of an irregular 

 figure, whitish on the outside, and of a deep 

 yellow within ; it creeps under the surface of the 

 ground. 



Our druggists keep these roots dry. They are 

 good against the jaundice ; they open all obstruc- 

 tions, and promote the menses, and work by 

 urine. 



TuRPf,TH. Turp.thum 



A, plant of the bind-weed kind, native of the 

 East Indies. It grows to twelve feet in length, but 

 the stalk is slender and weak, and cannot support 

 itself upright. The leaves are oblong, broad, and 

 obtusely pointed. The flowers are white, and 

 large ; they very much resemble those of the com- 

 mon great bind-weed, and the seed-vessel i ; large 

 and full of little seeds; the loot is very long and 

 slender. 



The b-Mik of the root is sent us dry. It is 

 Jproperlv indeed the whole root, wi'.h the hard 

 woody part taken out of its centre. Tt is kept 

 by our druggists ; it is a brisk purge given in a 

 proper dose, but it is very rarely used at this 

 time. 



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