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for the moft defperate of all human Maladies. They ; with vaft Succefs. 
I have now put into his Hands 
June. 
have read and remembred the Stories of GERARD, | 4 growing Plant of the true Kind, and he is uing — 
concerning Children kill’d by the Plant, who never 
regarded the abfolute Account of Mr. Ray, of 
Cancers which it cur’d. | 
This Author, whofe Candour ‘and Veracity 
are unqueftioned, gives an Account of Mr. Prr- 
CIVAL Witiuelsy’s ufing the Leaves exter- 
nally, for the Cure of Cancerous Tumors of the 
Breaft; with the greateft Succefs : He adds, that 
himfelf alfo faw an amazing Effect from a Piece of 
the Leaf Jaid on a Cancerous Tumor under the 
Eye, 
a long while four Times as big as that of the 
other; and incapable of Contraction, even by 
the Effect of the Sun Beams. | 
Happily for the World, a Foreigner, ftruck 
by the concurrent Teftimony of many Authors, 
that this Herb had fo great Virtue in that 
terrible Diforder, try’d it lately ; and reftor’d its 
Credit. | 
From his Account, fome who dared, for the 
public Benefit, leave the beaten Tract of Practice, 
determined they would give it a fair Tryal here: 
but this an Accident had nearly fruftrated. The 
difhoneft Herb-fellers not having the Plant, 
fold under its Name the common Nightfhade, 
call’d, from its frequent Appearance as a Weed 
upon cultivated Ground, Garden Nightfhade. 
This had great Effects; and entouraged the 
Gentleman who us’d it, the eminent and irigenious 
Mr. Garaxer, to whoth the Public owes the 
eftablifhing the Virtues of Nightfhade in England, 
to hope ccresitly from it, tho? it effected no perfect 
Cure: and he has fince given it in other Cafes 
scieeseseleineaiaemiaimeianeincaiacereac 
which fo dilated the Pupil, that it remained 
| at St. Géorge’s. 
it fuccefsfully. 
The Effects of it are Vomiting, Purging, 
and Sweats. The Leaf is the Part ufed ; and 
the Dofe an Infufion of half a Grain. 
Its Safety under this Regulation being eftablith- 
ed, and its Ends known, thofe who have Op- 
portunities, and Hihanity, are invited to ufe it. 
It will be Virtue in all who Have Skill, to try 
the Medicine; and thofe who do not know where | 
otherwife to obtain the trué Plant, ate welcome to 
as much as they want froin me. From a se 
titude of fuch Trials the Faé will be afcertain’d 
and I am able to acquaint the-Public, that befide 
the fuccefsful Experiments firft made with it in 
England by Mr. Gataxer, at the Weftminfter 
Infirmary; Dr. Prrcairn and Mr. Noursz are 
at my Requeft now ufing it in two defperate Cafes 
at St. Bartholomew’s Hofpital; and Dr. CLepuane 
It may be proper alfo to ufe it 
outwardly at the fame Time. 
From Trials under various Hands, eftablifhing 
or correcting one another, its Virtues will be 
truly afcertain’d; and probably a greater Medicine 
brought into Ufe than any known at prefent. 
ag any are terrified at the Name of ifs being 
poifonous, they will be found armorig the Patients, 
not the Prefcribers : ; and they may e told, what 
the others Well know already, that Antimonial 
_ Preparations have been prohibited; and that one 
of the greateft Medicines now knéwn, is the Cor- 
rofive Sublimate of Mercury, long confidered as a 
moft fatal Poifon, 
‘CH A Pe off, 
The Ooo) and M. anagement “3 the st ah 
ET all Weeds be deftroyed at this Seafon 
with more than ordinary Care, for ’tis their 
Seed-time, and one that ripens them, will lay the 
Foundation of an innumerable Progeny. 
_ Let the Ground be broke frequently about 
thofe Plants which are to flower late in Summer, | 
and thro’ the Autumn; and when it appears too 
dry, let them have moderate Waterings. Cut off 
{traggling Branches, -tye up the reft with the main 
Stem, where. neceffary, and form the fpreading | 
Plants in Time into good Heads. 
We directed the Choteuse laft Week: to open 
the Cups, or as he calls them, the Pods. of his 
Carnations, in feveral Places, with a Pair of Scif- 
fars; to favour the fpreading regularly of the 
Petals: let him now examine whether what he then 
did was fufficient, or they yet want more Room: 
_ if he find them in Danger of burfting in any one 
Part, let: him open the Slits he made at that 
‘Time, a little farther. The Beauty of this ele- 
gant Set of Flowers, will depend greatly upon 
this Article, and sheds Duration upon their being 
properly fhaded. 
N® 4o. 
Their Coenen and his Trouble in bringing 
them to Perfection, demand all the Attention that 
can now be fhewn them, for the keeping them in 
Bloom as long as their Nature will admit. 
_ As foon as the Petals begin to {pread themfelves 
out, the Flowers muft be covered with Glaffes, to 
fecure them from Moifturé; and great Care 
muft be taken to prefetve them from the Heat of 
the full Sun, which will be felt the {tronger thro” 
the Glaffes. .The taking thefe off at fuch Times 
| will not anfwer the Purpofe, for the Sun is too 
powerful alone; nor does the Method fome ufe of 
oiled Paper, inftead of Glafs, anfwer the Purpofé, 
The great Arc of preferving Flowers long in 
Bloom, is to fcreen them abfolutely from the 
| Noon-day Sun, and this can be no Way fo well 
done, as by the covering thefe Glaffes with fome: 
thing that will not let the Rays through. Some 
Gandeness ufe a Cabbage-Leaf; but as there ig 
no Intent of any thing more — Shade, it is 
wrong to take a Subftance in which there is Cold- 
nels and Moifture. What I have found beft is a 
Piece of green Baize, which being cut to the 
6F Shape 
