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part, as warm as can be borne without giving pain, and re- 

 peated twice or thrice a day. Combined with hemlock it is 

 useful against gouty affections of the joints*. Applied in poul- 

 tice to the abdomen it has been found to produce a great flow 

 of urine, where there had been previous retention -f. Cho- 

 mel's J liniment, 



Take of juice of chervil and olive oil — equal parts, 



forms a good application to relieve the pain of piles. He also 

 recommends, with the same view, the steam of this plant, boiled 

 in milk; the patient sitting over a vessel containing a well-heated 

 decoction. A cataplasm mixed with gruel may be employed for 

 the same purpose, as also for dispersing boils and the like. 



The juice is pressed out of the fresh plant, previously bruised, 

 and purified by a slight boiling. Three or four ounces may be 

 given at a dose, and repeated if necessary every four hours. 



CATAPLASM OF CHERVIL. 



Take of fresh Chervil leaves, bruised, three ounces ; 



Water one pint. 



Boil for half an hour, strain off the liquor, bruise the leaves into a pulp, 

 and then add half an ounce of olive oil or of lard. 



DECOCTION OF CHERVIL. 



Take of fresh Chervil leaves, two ounces ; 



Water -one pint. 



Boil for a quarter of an hour, and strain. 



Dose. — A quarter of a pint, mixed with an equal portion of milk, three 

 times a day. 



* Lange, Brunsv. dom. p. 252. 



f Simon Pauli, in Geoff. Tract. Mat. Med. p. 296.^ 



* Chomel, L'Hist. Plant. Usuell. torn ii p. 185. 



