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eat and corrode the Skin, but cure Warts, * and 
other Excrefcences •, cleanfe foul and carious Ul- 
cers, running Sores, and remove Scurf, Scab, and 
all other Deformities of the Skin. If one fhakes 
the exprefs’d Juice and fmells to it, it will raife vio- 
lent, and often mortal Sneezings. The Leaves 
and Roots, •bruifed and thrown into a Pond or 
River, kill, or ftun and ftupify the Fifh, fo as 
they fwim, and may be taken up •, the broad-leafed 
Spurge is bed: for this. From ten to twenty of the 
Seeds, fw allowed whole, purge much •, if chew’d, 
they heat and inflame the Parts. The Root Bark, 
infufed twenty-four Hours in ftrong Vinegar, is 
given in Subftance from one Scruple to two. In 
Infufion to two Drams, corrected with Cream of 
Tartar, or fome Drops of the Oil of Sulphur. But 
it is fo injurious and dangerous a Plant, that it is 
much better let alone. 
295. 
Sturry-Seed ( Spergula ) is faid to be a V o- 
mit, and to cleanfe the Stomach from much Phlegm, 
and vifcous Humours. The Herb, applied to 
green Wounds, quickly heals them ; it fattens 
Cattle and Poultry much, brings Store of Milk 
and Eggs.— — Spignel. See Bawdmony. 
* To cure Warts ; let them be well rubbed with frefh Agri- 
mony, beaten up with Vinegar, then applied in a Pouitife ; 
or often rubbed with Juice or Leaves of Marygold, and walk'd 
after with Horfe Pifs ; or four ©r five times apply a Pouitife of 
green Woodbind Leaves ; or rub them as often with the Milk 
of Fig Leaves ; Riverius. Or with the Juice of Mercury ; 
Ray. Or rub them with, and apply a Pouitife of Purflane ; 
Formius . Or rub after with the Juice of Elder Berries ; or lay 
on them, and renew often, pepled Leaves of the greater Houfi^- 
leek ; Etmullcr. 
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