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some greatly recommended in cutaneous dis- 

 orders. The acrimonious qualities of this 

 root, however, render it manifestly improper 

 on many occasions. 



The liberal use of garlic is apt to occasion 

 head-aches, flatulencies, thirst, febrile heats, 

 inflammatory distempers, and sometimes dis- 

 charges of blood from the hemorrhoidal ves- 

 sels. In hot bilious constitutions, where there 

 is a degree of irritation, when the juices are too 

 thin and acrimonious, or the viscera unsound, 

 it never fails to aggravate the distemper. A 

 dose of garlic pounded with honey, and taken 

 two or three nights successively, is good in 

 rheumatic cases. The author has known the 

 pain greatly relieved by simply rubbing the 

 parts affected with cut garlic. 



Sir William Temple, in his treatise on 

 Health and long Life, says, " Garlic has, of 

 all plants, the greatest strength, affords most 

 nourishment, and supplies most spirits to 

 those who eat little flesh. It is of great virtue 

 in colics, a great strengthener of the stomach 

 upon decays or indigestion; and I believe, (if 

 there be any such,) a specific remedy in the 

 gout. I have known great testimonies of 

 this kind within my acquaintance, and have 

 never used it myself upon this occasion 



