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This is efteemed a fovereign Re- 

 jnedy for the Bite of mad Dog?, and 

 hath been for many Years ufed with 

 great Succefs. It was communicated 

 to the Royal Society by Mr. George 

 Dampier, whofe Uncle had long ufed 

 this Plant, to cure the Bite of mad 

 Dogs on Men and Animals, with 

 infallible Succefs. The Method of 

 taking it he has delivered as follow- 

 eth : " Take of the Herb, and dry it 

 " either in an Oven, by the Fire, or 

 " in the Sun ; then pcwder it, and 

 " pafs it thro' a fine Sieve; mix 

 " this with an equal Quantity of 



fine-powdered Pepper. Thecom- 

 " mon Dole of this Mixture is four 

 u Scruples, which may be taken in 

 " warm Milk, Beer, Ale, or Broth. " 

 He a;ib advifes, that the Part bitten 

 be w-11 walhed, as alio the Cloaths 

 of the Perfon who is bit, left any of 

 the Snivel or Drivel of the mad Dog 

 fhouid remain. If the Perfon bitten 

 be full - grown, he advifes, that he 

 be blooded before the Medicine is 

 taken ; and to uie the Remedy as 

 foon after the Bite as pofhble, as al- 

 io to repeat the Dofe two or three 

 fever al Mornings fafting. 



LIGUSTICUM, Lovage. 

 The Characlers are j 



'The Lobes of the Leaves are cut 

 about their Borders, like tbofe of 

 Parjley : the Flowers conjiji, for the 

 moji part y office Leaves, which ex- 

 pand in form of a Rofe : each of thefe 

 Flowers are fucceeded by two oblong, 

 gibbofe, furrow V Seeds, which on one 

 Side have a leafy Border. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Ligusticum vulgare, foiiis 

 c.pii. J. B. Common Lovage. 



2. Ligusticum S cot i cum, apii 

 folio. To urn. Scotch Lovage, with a 

 Par fley -leaf. 



3. Ligusticum Gracum, apii 

 folio. T. Cor. Greek Lovage^ with a 

 £arfley- leaf. 



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4. Ligusticum foiiis multiple 

 cato pinnatis, folio lis pinnatim inci- 

 fis. Lin. Hort. Cliff. Lovage with 

 many Pair of Pinnae, and the little 

 Leaves cut ; commonly called Q- 

 cutaria, or Ballard Hemlock. 



The firlt of thefe Plants is often 

 ufed in Medicine, and was formerly 

 reckoned amongft the Kitchen-herbs ; 

 but is now almoft intirely caft out of 

 the Kitchen-garden, and only culti- 

 vated for phyfical Ufes. This Plant 

 may be eafily propagated by fowing 

 the Seeds, foon after they are ripe, 

 in a moiit Spot of Ground : and when 

 the Plants come up theSpring follow- 

 ing, they mould be tranfplanted out 

 to the Diftance of eighteen Inches or 

 two Feet afunder, in a moiil Soil ; 

 where, if they are kept clear from 

 Weeds, they will thrive exceeding- 

 ly, and the fecond Summer will pro- 

 duce Seeds : but the Herb may be 

 frequently cut for Uie; their Roots 

 abiding feveralYears,will moot again 

 continually after being cut ; fo that 

 a few Plants will be fufficient for the 

 Ufe of a Family. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 only preferved in Collections of 

 Plants for Variety ; but are not in 

 any Ufe at prefent. Thefe may be 

 propagated in the fame manner as 

 the former. 



The fourth Sort has by fome Per- 

 fons been fuppofed to be the Hem- 

 lock of the Antients : it is a very 

 ftrong Plant : when the Leaves are 

 bruifed, they emit a very rank 

 Odour ; and the Plant is generally 

 thought to be very poiibnous : tho* 

 Parkinfon writes, That he could find 

 no poifenous or flinkingSmeli in the 

 Plant which he cultivated in hi* 

 Garden : but that mufthave been a 

 different Plant from this : for a more 

 fetid Scent was never obferved in any 

 Plant. 



This is extreme hardy : if the 

 Seeds 



