20O CHAPTER 42. 
time fo ftrongly recommended by De 
• Haen * in the fame diforder ; and in ob- 
ftinate diarrhoeas. He alfo fpeaks in high 
terms, and from his own experience, of 
the powers ufually attributed to the Meny- 
anthes trifoliatay or Bog-bean. He quotes 
from Dr. Vaughan a cafe of the fatal ef- 
fe^it of the Mackenbay, or 'Euphorbia Hy- 
berna. Dr. Molyneux has obferved, that 
the Genijia fpinofa^ or Whins (Ulex euro- 
peus Lin, J although common in other 
parts of Ireland^ is not feen in the pro- 
vince of Connaughf. A fmgular fad:, if the 
obfervation be fufficiently accurate. - 
In the Appendix, printed from the papers 
of Dr. Molyneux, the reader meets wath 
feveral curious obfervations. Among others, 
an inftance of the effefts of the roots of 
common Henbane upon feveral perfons, w^lio 
having eaten them inftead of fkirrets, were 
affeded Vv^ith vertiginous fymptoms, and 
in one cafe a frenzy enfued, which held the 
perfon two or three days. The work con- 
cludes v/ith the htdex of Iriih names of 
# See Ratknis Medendi^ vol. i. p. 226. 357. 
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