7 oovtdoranitally arranged. 7 caue 
generally purges more or lefs the following day. Thefe pro- 
“perties, judicioufly applied,. render it capable of doing effential 
fervice in feveraldifeafes: But its effects on the nervous fyftem 
are fo uncertain; and fometimes fo confiderable, that it muft 
ever be adminiftered with the greateft caution: The leaves. oe 
is err © cafe pain. and. abate inflammations. . 
TIVERTIVIG. American Mezerion. The ge generic - characters 
do not entirely agree with the Solanum ; but they approach 
nearer to this. than any, other genus: Stems woody ; twining 
about fhrubs of trees ; ; branched. Leaves ovate ; ferrated ; 
acuminated:. Bloffoms greenifh - white. een pale.red.. In 
edges and-wood land.. June. 
It is ufed with fuccefs in difcuffing ce lu — pé. 
- mers apply it to fwellings in cow ~ “Phyficians of diftin- 
- guithed characters fay, that the roots: amer sas valuable a pes: 
"e in venereal cafes, asthe Mezerion.. ^ - à 
RIBES. Linn. Gen. Plant. 247. 
E: Ribes inerm?, racemis pilofis, foribus oblongis, Syít. Nat. 
BLACK CURRANT., Blodoms yellowiíh. Berries black. iris 
E rare found | growing naturally h here, butis isccultivated i in gardens, $ 
- Ta fome parts of the eaftern- country it is. ‘faid to be fo ind in 
great plenty, particularly near Kennebdec-river: 
A jelly made of the fruit is celebrated in the» Philofophical 
“TianiaGtions: of the Royal Society for curing very bad kinds of 
^ fore throat. It has been found to.anfwer very well here, parti- 
‘eularly’ in that fpecies of the fore throat in which the tonfils 
-fuppürate. It ought’to: be applied early and frequently. When 
- the fruit could not be obtained, an infufion of the bark, fweet- 
brand. — and» ufed’as a gargle, has proved. benefici 
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