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perly mixed and wrought, it should be made 

 into small cakes, and baked in the same 

 manner as common cakes of the same size : 

 then cut them into small parts, and bake 

 them again, that they may be as dry and hard 

 as biscuit ; which being powdered and sifted, 

 is to be kept for use." This is prodigiously 

 hot and acrimonious, and by some recom- 

 mended as a medicine for flatulencies. If the 

 ripe pods of capsicum are thrown into the fire, 

 they will raise strong and noisome vapours, 

 which occasion vehement sneezing, coughing, 

 and often vomiting in those near the place, 

 or in the room where they are burned. Some 

 persons have mixed the powder of the pods 

 with snuff, to give to others for diversion : 

 but where the quantity is considerable, there 

 may be danger in using it; for it will occa- 

 sion such violent fits of sneezing as may 

 break the blood-vessels of the head. 



A small quantity of the capsicum powder 

 has sometimes given almost immediate relief 

 in the tooth-ache, when arising from a carious 

 cause : it is to be applied to the part affected 

 by introducing it into the cavity of the carious 

 tooth. 



Capsicum Peppers. — These are all much 

 of the same nature. The large hollow sort, 



