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worth their while to roll fragments, of rocks 

 and huge ftones into the fea, in order to invite 

 the growth of it. 



Its virtues in the medical way have been much 

 celebrated by Dr. Rujfei, in his Differ tation 

 concerning the life of Sea-zvater in the Difeafcs 

 of the Glands. He found the faponaceous li- 

 quor or mucus in the veficles of this plant to 

 be an excellent refohent, extremely ferviceable 

 in difperfing all fcorbutic and fcrophulous 

 fwellings of the glands. He recommends 

 the patient to rub the tumor with thefe veficles 

 bruis'd in his hand, till the mucus has tho- 

 roughly penetrated the part, and afterwards to 

 wafli with fea-water. Or otherwife, to gather 

 two pounds of the tumid veficles, in the month 

 of y«/y, when they are full of mucus, and in- 

 fufe them in a quart of fea-water, in a glafs- 

 vefil;!, for the fpace of fifteen days, when the 



■ liquor will have acquired nearly the confiftence 

 of honey. Then drain it off through a linen 

 cloth, and rub this liquor with the hand, as 

 before, three or four times a-day, upon any 

 hard or fcrophulous fwellings, walhing the 

 parts afterwards with fea-water, and nothing 

 can be more efficacious to difperfe them. 

 Even fchirrofities, lie fays, in v^pmen's breads 

 have been difpell'd by this treatment. 



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