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NOTE 



Refpecl'wg the Infeft clef crib eel in Page 213. 



THIS infect is the Meloe Chlhorrl of LrNN/Eus. The 

 following extract from a late publication will ilicvv 

 how much the gentlemen of the faculty arc indebted 

 to Captain Hardwicke for having pointed out to 

 them fo valuable an addition to their Materia Medlca 

 in this country. 



u I fhall only obferve, that the Papilio, &c. are 

 %4 here extremely common, as is likewife the Meloe 

 " Cichorii Lin. towards which Doctor Manni has en- 

 " dcavoured to direct the attention o c his countrymen. 

 ic It remains from May to Auguft y and efpecially during 

 " June and July, in aiton; thing quantities, not onlyupou 

 " the cichoreumhuX. alfo uoon the cerealls carduus and 

 iC cynora cardunculus. The common people have 1c ng 

 " ufed the liquor that dillils from the infect, when the 

 " head is torn off. for the purpole of extirpating 

 " warts ; and Mr. Casimib Sanso has often employed 

 " it in lieu of the common bliilering drug : but to 

 render it more generally ufeful Doctor Manni has 

 made a variety of experiments, and found that forty- 

 five grains of the Meloe, and fifteen grains of Eu- 

 phorbium fermented with flour and common vinegar, 

 " and well mixed up, made a mo ft excellent bliftering 

 " plaifter. The proportions muft be increafed, or di- 

 " minifhed, according to the age, fex and conftitution 

 " of the perfon, but the above mentioned quantity 

 " ufually produces a proper effect in thirteen or four- 

 " teen hours. Thefe iniecls are collected morn in a: 

 " and evening, and put into a covered ve(Tel, when 

 " they are kept until they are dead, when they are 

 " fprinkled with flrong vinegar, and expofed to the 

 " hot fun, until they become perfectly dry ; after 1 



" which 



