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the resemblance which the calix bears to a 

 crown. 



" Quelle est la reine, qui porte tout son 

 royaume dans son sein?" 



Lord Bacon notices this fruit, and re- 

 commends the use of the wine of the sweet 

 pomegranates for complaints of the liver, or, 

 if that cannot be had, the juice of them 

 newly expressed. He says, "let it be taken 

 in the morning, with a little sugar; and into 

 the glass into which the expression is made, 

 put a small piece of green citron-peel, and 

 three or four whole cloves : let this be taken 

 from February till the end of March/' The 

 juice of the pomegranate is preferred even to 

 that of oranges in cases of fever. The rind 

 of the fruit and the flowers are the parts 

 directed for medicinal uses: they are both 

 powerful astringents, and have long been suc- 

 cessfully employed as such, both internally 

 and externally for gargles, and in diarrfioeas, 

 &c. The dose in substance is froHn half a 

 drachm to a drachm, in infusion or decoction, 

 to half an ounce. (Woodvilk.) 



As an astringent, the rind of the fruit, 

 boiled in water with cinhamon, port-winr 

 and guacJa jelly to be added, is recommended 

 in Dancer's Medical Assistant. 



