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Take Snake-Root cut fmall and bruifed ^vj. 
Boil in ^xij. of Spring-Water to Half; add- 
ing towards the End gr. xij. of Cochineal. In 
the {trained Liquor diffolve 2jj. of Honey, 
and add to the Solution when it is cold §fs. 
of Treacle- Water. Let two or three Spoon- 
fuls be given every third Hour to promote a 
Diaphorefis or Sweat in malignant or putrid 
Fevers, or to prevent a Coagulation of the 
Blood from cold Poifons, and to expel the 
deleterious Particles. 
Take Snake-Root, Contrayerva, and Viper’s 
Flefh powdered a ^fs. Mix. This Powder is 
commended in malignant Fevers, againft cold 
Poifons, and in intermitting Fevers to be given 
in the Beginning of the Paroxyfm. 
Artic. XVIII. Of Spikenard. 
Diofcorides and other Writers mention feveral 
Species of this Plant, but no more than two are 
to be met with in the Shops at this Time, viz. the 
Indian and the Celtic. 
1 . Nardus Indie a ; Spica, Spica Nardi , et Spicci 
lndica , Off. ’lv<W Diofc. Alfembel Sembelen , 
Alfembel Alcib , Alnardin alhendi , Arab. Indian Nard , 
or Spikenard , is a capillaceous Root, or rather a 
Congeries of {lender Strings or convoluted Fibres 
growing upon the T op of the Root, being nothing 
but the nervous Filaments of withered Leaves 
clofely matted together into a Tuft, which is called 
a Spike, perhaps, from its Figure. It is as long 
and thick as one’s Finger, of a ferruginous or red- 
difli brown Colour, a bitter, acrid, aromatick 
Tafte, and pleafant Smell fome thing like Cyperus. 
For Ufe it ought to be chofen frefh and light, with 
a long Tuft, and the true Smell and Tafte. 
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