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firmed. Afterwards, viz. in , Mr. Gataker afcribed 
the efficacy of nightfhade, not - any {pecific power, but to 
the evacuation produced by it. Lewis. Murray. Wood- 
ville. 
. NicuTsHApDE, American, in Botany, &c. See Puyto- 
"Nienrswaps, Baftard. See —_ 
oo Deadly, See A A. 
ria Medica. 
oP 
Nicuts Deadly, in a “Mate (See 
it loft his memor 
wholly in turning Got all the {tones he could find, and, 
after vomiting un bile, fy down dead. Shak{peare in his 
Macbeth makes Banquo fa 
‘¢ Or haye we eaten a the infane root 
That takes the reafon prifoner. 
There is a remarkable inftance an ag direful effets of si 
plant recorded in Buchanan’s Hiftory of oa wherei 
he gives an account | of the deftrution of the a nee, 
when he invadgd Scotland, by mixing a ana ia the juice 
of thefe berries with the drink which the Scots, by their 
ad were to fu them with: this fo deere a the 
that the Scots fell upon them, in their fleep, and 
killed jie greateft part of them ; fo that there were fcarcely 
men enough left to carry off thet king. See on this article, 
Phil. Tranf. vol. Ix. part I. p. 
NIGHTSHADE, E£nchanter’s, in 0 Botany. 
NIGHTSHADE, Malabar. e Ba ASE 
a aillaer Three- lowed, or Herb Paris of Canada. 
See TRILLIU 
Nicursiape, Woody, called Bitter. -fweet. 
Dulcam 
Noa, Woody, Dulcamara, in the Materia Medica, 
is a plant which grows plentifully by the fide of hedges and 
in moift ditches, climbing upon t the bufhes, with’ ‘winding, 
woody, but brittle ftalks. It is perennial, and flopve ers 1D 
June and July. The roots and ftalks o this fpeciés, which, 
on firft chewing them, yield a aes bitternefs,’ that is 
foon followed by an almoft honey-like {weetnefs, hase bsen 
ria aaesiedy in Aifereat diforders, as high refolyénts and 
deobftrue 
pee fays Dr. Lewis, 
ial Circa. 
See SoLanum 
has thewn that they are 
by no means aie bonita ee with deadly nightfhade ; 
that they a& more regularly and’ uniformly ; and that, 
without producing nervous complaints, they ‘produce more 
confiderable evacuations, efpecially by ftool : but, he adds, 
that their virtues, in particular ae have not yet been fuffi- 
ciently afcertained. younger branches, on extreme 
twigs, either ftefh or driéd, in which latter cafe their powers 
are fomewhat diminithed, are the-parts employed ; and their 
fenfible qualities are faid to be the ftrongeft in Autumn, 
when the leaves are fallen ; and, therefere, théy fhould be 
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gius feems to coincide with that of Murray. This author con- 
fines its ufes to rheumatifmus, retentio menfium et lochiorum 
. on the authority of Boerhaave, ante 
Sager, and oles: Mr. Thomfon, in me “ Lo ond on Dif- 
fm, and i in lepra see 
Willan fays, ae it is not 
anilicable for the cure of lepra a ar and homfon 
aflerts, that it is not of the leaft ufe in acute seaira 
exciting naufea, it is ordered to be diluted with milk, and 
to begin with fmall dofes, as ne dofes have been found to 
produce very dangero us fymptoms, fuch as vomiting, con- 
vulfions, and delirium, violent palpitation, ‘and a palfy of 
the tongue. Razoux gives the following prefcription ; 
Stipitum dulcam. rec. drac. ff. in aque font unc. 16 co- 
quatur ad unc. 8. This was taken in the dofe of three or 
four drams, diluted with an equal quantity of milk every 
four hours. Linneus direéts two drams cr half an ounce 
of the dried ftipites to be infufed half an hour in boiling 
water, and then to be boiled ten minutes ; ; and of this decoc- 
e flalks fliced in 
porating it to a proper co 
of the Edinbt 
ar muriate of foda (common rat), aud immediately re- 
str 3 ie can arias of thick honey: and w 
ma{s 1 
moifeping: with 
this extract are 
not yer’ been applied to medical ufe. 
September and Oétober; they are very juicy, bitter, and 
poifonous. As they are very comm rae in the hedges, and 
may be eafily miftaken by children for red currants, which 
they fomewhat sari their ieee effe&ts are the 
ala ly of notice. Lewis. Mat. Med. Woodv. 
ed 
NIGHT WALKERS, ina ‘legal fenfe, are fuch perfons 
day and walk by | night, being eieotimes pil- 
ferers or difturbers of the pea 
5 Ed. IIT. cap. 14. Contables are aushoriled by the com- 
mon 
