ALL 



ALL 



l'5'-rjui3 fr.ys, that he has feen even qnaitaii!! cured bv it in 

 many iiiftances. Kc lecommcnds to beE;ii) with a liiiglc 

 (inal! bulb morning and evening, and one bulb to be added, 

 till tlie patient takes four or live at a t'lr.e. If the f-.ver 

 fiiblide, the dufe is to be diniinirnid ; and it will be fufRci- 

 ciit as the preventive of a return, to take one or tivo bulbs, 

 nia"'ning and evening, for ftveval weeks. Some have held 

 it in great efteem as an aiitidite to the contaj>ion of petli- 

 1 .ntial -and otlier putrid dilV.rders, whence it received the 

 inme of " Tlieriaea rullieoriim ;" and with a view of fub- 

 <iiiing the plague, it is to be adrr.iniftcred in fuol\ x qiiantilv 

 a-; to excite a copious diaphorefis. The virtues alcribed to 

 It of obviating and refilling contagion appear to Dr. 

 '.'uUcn very doubtful ; though he allows the probability 

 tliBt, in the plague, wliich is oommonly attended witli a 

 low fever, it may have been riftful. Another virtue af- 

 eribed to garlic is that of an anthelmintic ; for this purpofe 

 the common people boil it in milk ; and Hoffman conllders 

 jt as <>!>c of tlie capital medicines of tliat clafs. In caleu- 

 lius dilbrders it is alfo faij to have been fouiid veiy beneli- 

 tial, not only as a diuretic, but a.i poneliing a lithontriptic 

 jiower. The penetrating and diffufive acrimony of garlic 

 render-i its external application ufeful in many diforders, as 

 a rubefacient, and mure efpecially aa applied to the foles of 

 tlie feet, to caufe a revullion from tlie head and breaft ; 

 and thus it was fuccefsfuUy prae^ifed and recommended by 

 Sydenham, efpecially in the confluent fmall-pox about the 

 eighth day. When it occafions pain, as it fometimes does, 

 this, he lays, may be relieved by a cataplafm of bread and 

 milk. Dr. Cullen remarks, that though when bruifed and 

 applied to the (kin it produces inflammation, and frequently 

 veficates the part, its effefts are not fo permanent nor fo 

 flow in healing as thofe of muflard and the other fdiquofir ; 

 and that it is more capable of abforption, and of extending 

 its atlion to remote parts. It has, therefore, been vari- 

 oufly employed externally in cafes of tumors and cutane- 

 ous dileafes : and in fome inllaiices of deafnefs, particularlv 

 of the rheumatic kind, a clove or fmall bulb ot this root, 

 Avrapt in gauze or mufiin, and introduced into the meatus 

 auditorius, has bee3i found an efficacious remedy. Bergius 

 recommends for this purpofe the juice of garlic dropped in 

 cotton. Garhc may be adminiftcred in various forms ; 

 fwallowing the clove entire, after being dipped in oil, is 

 recommended as the nioft effeftual ; or, where this cannot 

 be done, it may be cnt into pieces without bruiflng it, and 

 this may be found equally beneficial, without producing 

 any uneafuicfs in the fauces. On being beaten up, and 

 formed into pills, the aclive parts of this medicine foou 

 evaporate. 



Several other fpccies of allium, as the A. porrum, A. 

 afcalonicnirij A. fiilulofuni, and A. fehccnoprafum, are em- 

 ployed in diet, but hardly in medicine, as their qualities 

 are in a lefs confiderable degree than thofe that have been 

 already mentioned. In Kamtfchatka the wild garlic is ule- 

 ful both in medicine and food. It is gathered by the 

 Ruffians and natives, for Winter fupply, and formed into a 

 ragout w'itli other ingredients, and is tlieir priiicijial remedy 

 for the fcurvy. Pennant in his Toiir 1772, p. 175, fays, 

 that an infufion of A. urfinum in brandy is efleemed a good 

 remedy for the gravel. The young (hoots of A. vineak- 

 are eaten in fallads, or boiled as pot-herbs. Lewis, Mat. 

 Med. p. 32. 214. CuUen's Mat. Med. vol. i. p. 272. — 

 429. vol. ii. p. 172. — 178. Bergius, Mat. Med. vol. i. 

 p. 264. — 271. Murray's Appar. Medic, vol. v. p. 122. — 

 J 39. Woodville, IVIed. Bot. vol. iii. p. 4<''0. 



Vol. I. 



Ai.LivM. See Hyacihthus, Hypoxis, and Tradt- 



SCANTl A. 



AI.,LIX, Pktiir, In li'invrabhy, a learned divine of the 

 church of Kngland, and an eminent writer, was born in the 

 vear 1641, at Alen(;oii iu France; and after receiving a 

 liberal education, became miniller of the refomled church 

 at Rouen. In this lituation he acipiired great reputation 

 by his excellent writings on the fubjeft of the Lucharilf. 

 From hence lie removed to Charenton, v/iiicli was the re- 

 fort (jf the moll didiuguillud protellants in France, and 

 where he had the charge of the principal cliurch belong- 

 ing to the reformed in that countr)-. Having now im 

 0])])ortunity of efl'ontially ferving the protcflant caufe, he 

 preached feveral ferinons in its defence, which were defigncJ 

 to counleraft the attempts of the bifliop of Meaux, whu 

 was one of its inoll able opponents. Twelve of thefe fer. 

 mons were printed at Rotterdam in ifiSy, which were highly 

 commended by Dayle, and contributed to increafe the re- 

 putation of the author. U])on the revocation of the edift 

 of Nantes in i68j, M.-. Allix was obliged to quit I'l-ancc, 

 and to feek an afylum in I'ngland. His firfl objedl was to 

 acquire a competent knowledge of our language ; and in thii 

 he fucceedcd to fiicli a degree, that in 16S8, he publiflicd 1 

 defence of the Chrillian religion, in a work, entitled, " Rr- 

 fledtions upon the Books of the Holy Scripture, to efiablifli 

 tlie Truth of the Chrillian Religion," to which he prefixed 

 a dedication to king James II. acknowledging, in very re- 

 fpeftful terms, hi? perfoiial obligations to that princt, and 

 expreffir.g his fynipathy and concern ftjr the dillrcffcd re- 

 fugees in general. " I could wifli. Sir," fays he, towardj 

 the clofe of this dedication, " that this work, which I now 

 prefent to your Majelly, might be fo lianpy as to pals to 

 poflerity with this charafter of our a^.■kliowkdglnent ; and 

 that it might fland as a faithful record for ever, to perpe- 

 tuate the memory of that lively fenfe of your bounty, 

 which is imprinted on all our hearts." The author was fu 

 well received in this counti-)', that he was foon complinieated 

 with the degree of doftor of divinity, to which his tharailer 

 and writings gave him a jufl claim ; and in 1690, he was 

 made treafurer of the church of Salifliurv. The time and 

 talents of Dr. Allix were diligently employed in writing 

 feveral valuable treatifcs in defence of the reformed religion, 

 which he vindicated both from reafon and authority, from 

 the praftice of early ages, and alfo from the precepts of the 

 Gofpel ; alledging againfl the church of Rome, that whilfl 

 fhe treated others with the opprobrious name of heretics, 

 file Iiad herfelf invented new articles of faith. From the 

 defence of religion in general, and of the protellant caufe, 

 he proceeded to that of the doArine of the tiinity againft 

 the Unitarians, who maintained that the notion of the di. 

 vinity of Chrifl had originated with Jullin Martyr. This 

 work exhibits a great difplay of Greek and Hebre\Y lite- 

 rature ; and it was intended, not merely to refute the affer. 

 tioiis of the Unitarians, but to prove, that the Trinitarian 

 doctrine was held by the ancient Jewifli church. At a 

 time when the diilinguilhed reputation of our author was 

 nniverfally acknowledged, he incuned fome raillery and 

 cenfure, particularly on the part of Mr. Bayle, who had 

 before exprefl'ed fentiinents of the higlieft refpeft for his 

 abilities and erudition, by a publication, in which he ha- 

 zarded a conjedlure concerning the fccond advent of 

 Chrifl, the period of which, deduced from an erroneous 

 explication of Scripture prophecies, he fixed to the year 

 1720, or, at the latefl, to x-'i.Oi. His charadler, however, 

 for emiKci.t talents, indefatigable afliduity, extciiive litcra- 

 4 Z ture, 



