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Teeth ; or let them be made up with Wax in- 
to Balls of the Size of an Hafel-nut, and be 
ufed as a Mafticatory. 
It is feldom given inwardly, except by Way of 
Clyfter in Apoplexies and other fleepy Affe&ions. 
Take of Pellitory Root boil it in ifcj. of the 
common Deco&ion for Clyfters ^ and in the 
{trained Liquor diffolve gfs. of Sal Gem for a 
Clyfter. 
Artic. XV. Of Rhubarb. 
Some Botanifts confound the Rhubard of the 
Moderns with the Rhapontick of the Ancient Greeks ; 
but from the Defcription of Rhapontick given by 
Diofcorides under the Name of C P<£ or 'P?ov, their 
Difference is evident *, this appearing to have been 
the fame with the Rhapontick of Profper Alpinus. 
Rhabarb arum , Off. Rhabarbarum verum , feu Si - 
nenfe. The officinal or true C^i«^-Rhubard is 
brought to us in thick Pieces of unequal Mag- 
nitudes, being fometimes four, five, or fix Inches 
long, and three or four Inches thick, of a yellow 
or brownifh Colour on the outfide, but marbled, 
or variegated like a Nutmeg within with Saffron- 
Colour and yellow, and of* a light, fungous Tex- 
ture. The Tafte is fubacrid, bitterifh, and a little 
aftringent *, and its Smell is aromatick, though 
fomewhat unpleafant. When it is ufed in Phyfick 
it ought to-be frefh, found, and of a good Colour, 
giving a Tin&ure to aqueous Menftruums like 
Saffron, and leaving no Sliminefs upon the Tongue. 
It comes to us from the Eafl- Indies, Turkey, and 
Mufccvy. 
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