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and given in Wine, is good for Fluxes of the Belly 
and Womb ; and the black Seed for Difeafes of 
the Head. Some make the powdered Seed a great 
Secret in Convulfions, and fell it at an extravagant 
Price. A Parcel of this grand Arcanum fell ac- 
cidentally into my Hands ; I examined it feveral 
Ways (as I have done fome other Nojtrums that 
feemed worth While) and found it to be this Seed. 
I gave it to feveral young Epileptics, but without 
the leait Succefs. I have with Patience and Perfe- 
verance tried the Effedts of this Root and Flowers, 
in Difeafes of the Head and Nerves, for near 
thirty Years, but am ftill to find the Succefs, 
whatever great Matters fome may boaft of it. Take 
powdered Roots of Piony, two Drams ; Stings 
of Wild Bees, Number ten ; mix both the Powders, 
and give eight or ten Dofes of this, it is faid to 
cure Convulfions in Infants, effedtually. But 
others advife Roots of Piony, Human Scull, 
Membranes of a Foetus , or the After-birth, of each 
alike ; Powder all, mix and ufe, Dofe a Dram ; 
others prefer this: Take prepared Cinnabar Na- 
tive, or of Antimony, three Ounces; of Wild 
Valerian Roots, two Ounces; and two Drams of 
Rz^hzCaftor; white Amber, Man-fkull, red Myrrh, 
Seeds of Piony, Rue, and Henbane, of each nine 
Drams ; Mofaic Gold, three Drams ; prepare and 
mix all, and Dofe a Dram thrice a Day, after the 
Body is duly prepared. TVeickard is for this : Take 
Piony Roots, gathered in the Wane of the Moon, 
an Ounce ; of Male Piony Seeds husk’d, half an 
Ounce ; Elks Claw r s, three Drams ; white Amber, 
and calcined Hartshorn, prepared, of each two 
Drams ; prepared Cora] and Pearl, of each one 
Dram ; Peacock’s Dung, four Scruples ; Oriental 
Bezoar, a Dram ; true Unicorn’s Horn, two Scru- 
ples ; Filings of Hungarian Gold, a Dram ; Safi 
