( 2g 9 ) 
applied to the Part, eafes the Pain of the Gout, 
they being of a very narcotic Nature their Juice 
rubbed on the Stinging of Nettles, cures it. 'The 
Oil of Tobacco, dropped into a Dog, Cat, or 
other Creature’s Mouth, kills them moftly, either 
in a fhorter or longer Space •, its Infufion in 
Wine, rubbed on a paralytic Limb, is excellent* 
Willis commends the Ufe of Tobacco in a Camp, 
both againfl Scarcity of Provifions, and Camp Dif- 
eafes, as Cholic, Loofenefs, Ulcers, Pains of the 
Head and Joints, Scurvy, and its Symptoms. Its 
Deco&ion cures the Scab in Beafts. Its Allies rub- 
bed on the Teeth whitens them much. Its Juice 
drank is good in a Droply, for it vomits and 
purges both by Stool and Urine ; hence it cleanfes 
the urinary Paffages from Sand, Gravel, and Mu- 
cilage. If the Dregs left in the Still (after the Wa- 
ter is drawn off from the bruifed Herb) be firff fet 
a Fortnight in Horfe-dung, then hung up in a 
Cellar, the Liquor that drops from it, is good for 
Cramps, Achs, Gout, Sciatica, Scab, Itch, Ulcers, 
Cankers, and Sores, &c: Its Smoke, drawn up 
the Anus , is good in the Iliac* 
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Tor ment i l, or Septfoil (! Tornte?ititla ) dries 
and aftringes powerfully, hence no Herb is more 
ufed in all Fluxes of the Belly or Uterus , taken any 
Way *, it is alfo a Diaphoretic and Counter-poifon, 
therefore ufed againft all Poifpns, Plague, peffilen- 
tial and contagious Difeafes, efpecialiy if attended 
with a Loofenefs it is alfo added to all vulnerary 
Drinks, Ointments, Plgifters, &c. It heals old and 
putrid Ulcers andAbfceffes its Extraft given from 
half a Dram to a Dram, after the Ufe of Rhubarb, 
excels mofl Medicines in an epidemic Dyfeitteryor 
U LoofeneiSa 
