Adifeafes, by Aviceiina, Gefner, Klein, Milman, and Bacher, 
_ whofe famous tonic pills are thus prepared ; . Ext. Helleh. 
mast Myrrhe folute aa 3} Pulv. Card. bened. 3 ij M. F 
common doie. 
The white hellebore, or ** veratrum,”’ is a native of Italy, 
Switzerland, Auftria, and Ruffia; it was cultivated in this 
country by Gerard, previoufly to the year 159 The root 
is perennial, about an inch thick, externally brown, inter- 
lly white, and befet with many ftrong fibres. It is not 
“black or purging”’ 
as the purgative powers of veratrum are 
weaker than thefe of the black hellebore,’ the diftinétion is 
fo far applicable-to the effe€is now experienced of the roots 
of our hellebores. : 
Every part of the plant, as well as the root of white 
hellebore, is very acrid and poifonous ; fo that its leaves and 
i The dried 
taken in |] 
ofs of 
convulfions, {pafms, 
who have died by the effe&ts of this 
{tomach difcovered’ marks of inflammation, with 
Corrofions of its interior coat, and the lungs have been found 
sates: 1 di with dark blood. 
ne ancients, notwith drug, 
employed it internally in feveral difeafes, efpecially thofe of 
. 
elephantiafis 
Mita, - Sc; 5. confidering it fafer when it 
flee Hippoe i to perceive. 
To perfons of feeble cokes, and to thofe who laboured 
complaints, 1 
Mayerne gave from two to three 
fome were completely cured, 
Et was the bark of the root, colleéted in fpring, which he 
grain, and increafing 
matter p> Sepa was conftantly mixed with bile 
rednefs oft 
frequent. Critical evacuations often evident, ma 
{weated profufely, in fome the urine was con iderably in- 
creafed, and in others, the faliva and mucous difcharges 
ufeful in epilepfy, and other convulfive complaints ; but the 
ared lard, and 20 minims of 
oil of lemons. minim is the 61,440th part of the 
ftandard wine gallon of the exchequer ; or the 6oth part of 
-d 2 
_ The foetid hellebore, bear's foot, or helleborafter, found . 
i 5 : owering about F 
nt, when recent, is very 
ably acrid, fo as to ex- 
emetic, and often loofes the belly alittle. It is ufually re- - 
don two, and fometimes three fucceflive mornings ; the 
nd dofe has commonly a greater effeét than the firit, and 
fails to expel round worms by ftool, if there -be any 
is lodged in the alimentary tube.”’ 
_ «© The jui of the green leaves,’ fays he, ‘* made into a ; 
fyrup with coarfe fugar, is almoit the only vermifuge I have 
ufed againft round worms for three years patt. 5 ca 
_ preiing: 
