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of this plant, boiled from three to two quarts of water, and 

 give a large wine-glassful of it, warm, every hour, if urgent 

 symptoms appear, or as often as may be thought necessary, to 

 complete a cure. Several cases have occurred where poison 

 had certainly been given ; and I have had the satisfaction to 

 observe, that the first glass gave immediate relief; a few more 

 obviated every dangerous symptom, and the patient was re- 

 stored to perfect health. If former poison is suspected, this 

 pleasant decoction may be used for common drink. 



SYNGENES1A POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



125. Artemisia similis, Ambrosia elatior, L. 

 Wild Wormwood. 



This grows in pasture grounds, from four to six feet high ; 

 it has woody stems, many branches, finely compounded leaves, 

 and many small blossoms and seeds. 



It resembles common wormwood ; has a pleasant smell, but 

 no bitter taste : we only use it in fomentations and poultices. 



126. Partheniuim hysterophorum, L. — Wild Parsley. 



This is a common weed in gardens, and other cultivated 

 grounds; it is two feet high, has compound light coloured 

 leaves, many small button-like flowers, and small black seeds. 

 It is used in fomentations, or beaten up with lime-juice, to 

 deterge foul ulcers. 



127. Convsa odqrata, L. — Wild Tobacco. 



The fox-leaf, or wild tobacco, grows by the road-side, or 

 in bushy pastures, to ten or twelve feet high : the stalks are 

 woody ; the leaves are broad, rough, and of the colour of 



