CABBAGE. 10/ 



cacious purge, hellebore and scammony not 

 excepted."* 



Hoffman says, the common red cabbage is 

 evidently possessed of a medical quality ; 

 and abounds with a juice, which, by its ni- 

 trous, sweet, emollient, laxative, aperitive, 

 attenuating, and stimulating qualities, pro- 

 motes those excretions which are absolutely 

 necessary to the preservation of health. For 

 this, it is not only a preservative against 

 diseases, especially of the chronical kind, but 

 also contributes very considerably to their 

 cure. 



The juice of cabbage is of such a nature, 

 says Dr. James, as not only to afford a suffi- 

 cient supply of nourishment to the body, 

 but also to correct the acrid salts of the 

 juices, allay the acrimony of the blood, 

 cleanse the intestines, and scour the kidneys. 

 For this reason cabbage is highly salutary 

 in disorders of the breast, if baked in a close 

 vessel in an oven, adding sugar or honey to 

 it, after it is taken out ; for by this means 

 it will, in the space of half an hour, become 

 a jelly, or thick juice, which, used as a lamba- 

 tive, is of singular efficacy in dry coughs, &c. 



# Lib. de Medicina Danorum Domest. Dissert. 1. 



