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pharmacs ; and, according to Schulzius, in 

 his Prcelectiones, have had uncommon ef- 

 ficacy ascribed to them by some very cele- 

 brated physicians, in the cure of malignant 

 and pestilential fevers. Velschius informs 

 us, that upon the breaking out of a pestilen- 

 tial fever, Le Fevre prescribed the juice of 

 the marigold, to be taken in white wine as a 

 vehicle ; by which most of the patients who 

 used it recovered ; and that this same medi- 

 cine was the celebrated arcanum of Veslin- 

 gius.* Ray says, " The flowers may pro- 

 perly be prescribed wherever stimulating 

 medicines are necessary ; and by reason of 

 their resolvent and aperient qualities, they 

 are used in decoctions for the cure of the 

 jaundice. 



This plant has been called Verrucaria, on 

 account of its efficacy in extirpating warts. 

 Some have called it Solsequia, or Solsequium, 

 and Sponsa Soils ; because its flower opens 

 at the rising, and shuts at the setting of the 

 sun. 



It was an old practice with dairy-women, 

 to churn the petals of the marigold with 

 their cream, to give their butter a yellow 

 colour. 



* Eph. N. C. D. 1. a. 4. 





