120 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



cure vomitiiiiis, and piirgeth tlie watery humours of the 

 dropsy. The dt'cot'lioii ot the root taken, cureth the 

 bite ofan adder, and biting of mad dogs. It niollifieth 

 the hardness of the mother, it a woman sit thereon, and 

 ojxneth their veins, and bringcth down their courses: 

 The berries boiled in wine performeth the same eft'e^l ; 

 and the hair of the head washed therewith, is made black. 

 The juice of the green leaves applied to the hotinllamraa- 

 tions of the eyes assuageth them ; the juice of the leaves 

 snuffed up into the nostrjls, purgeth the tuniclcs of the 

 brain; the juice of the berries boiled with honey, and 

 dropped into (he ears, tielpeth the pains of them ; the 

 decoction oi iiie berries in wine being drank provoketh 

 nrine ; the distillfd water of the flowers, is of much use to 

 clean the skin Iroin sun-burning, freckles, morjjhew, or 

 the like ; and taketh away the head-ach, coming of a 

 cold cause, the head being bathed therewith. The leaves 

 or flowers distilled in ihe month of May, and the legs 

 often washed v-.hh the said distilled water, it taketh away 

 the ulcers and sores oi .hem. The eyes washed therev. itli, 

 it taketh away the redness and blood-shot; and the iiands 

 ■washed morning and evening therewith, helpeththe palsy, 

 and shaking of them. 



The Dwarf Elder is more poAverful than the common 

 Elder in opening and purging choler, phlegm, and water; 

 in helping the gout, piles, and womens diseases, coloureth 

 the hair black, helpeth the inflammations of the eyes, 

 ana puins in the ears, the biting of serpents, or mad dogs, 

 burnings and scaldings, (he wind cholick, cholick and 

 stone, the difficulty of urine, the cure of old sores and 

 fistulous ulcers. Either leaves or bark of I'^lder stripped 

 upwards as you gather it, causeLli vomiting. Also Dr. 

 Butler in a manuscript of his, i ummends Dwarf Elder to 

 the sky for dropsies, viz. todiiuk it, being boiled in white 

 •wine; to drink the decodlion 1 mean not the Elder. 



The Elm Tree. Tj . (c. d. 2.) 



This tree is so well known, growing generally in all 

 couaties of this Uad, that it is needless to describe it. 



