PARSLEY. 37 



commended, in the German Ephemerides, 

 for destroying cutaneous insects in children. 

 The distilled water of parsley partakes of 

 the virtues of the plant, and contains a small 

 portion of essential oil. 



Galen recommended parsley against the 

 falling sickness, &c; and Tragus states, that 

 the seeds steeped in white wine with anise 

 and carraway seeds, and boiled with an equal 

 weight of the roots, are good for the dropsy, 

 the jaundice, and stone. From this latter 

 quality one variety of parsley was called 

 Breakstone, by medical herbalists. 



We are told by ancient authors, that when 

 fish became sickly in ponds or stews, it was a 

 common practice to throw in parsley, which 

 greatly revived them. 



This herb is good for sheep that have 

 eaten a kind of wild ranunculus, which 

 causes a worm to destroy their liver. It is 

 also said to be an excellent remedy to pre- 

 serve sheep from the rot, provided they are 

 fed twice a week, for two or three hours 

 each time, with this herb. Parsley has been 

 sometimes cultivated in fields for this pur- 

 pose ; but hares and rabbits are so fond of it, 

 that they will come from a great distance to 



