so yf Treatise w 
be obferved in giving it *. It likewife refills Putre- 
faction and Poifons, is good in the Plague, and 
kills Worms. The Dofe is from 5fs. to 51]. 
Externally it is ufed to deterge Wounds and 
Iifues, and the Surgeons make Tents of it for di- 
lating Ulcers. 
An ExtraCt is prepared from it, which has been 
in ufe ever lince the Time of Dio far ides, having the 
fame Virtues with the Root. It is prefcribed from 
5fs. to 3 iv. 
Take of Gentian cut fmall 9 fs. the Tops of 
leffer Centory and Camomile- Flowers a P. j. 
the Seeds of Car duns benedittus gj. Boil them 
in q. s. of Spring- Water to ^iv. Strain and 
make an alterative DecoCtion, to be taken faff- 
ing for eight Mornings in ObftruCtions of the 
Bowels to flrengthen the Stomach, and kill 
Worms. This DecoCtion may be rendered 
folutive by adding g. of Senna. 
Art. 
* We are here referred to oar Author’s Account of the greater 
and the leffer Galangal, which I have not inferted in this Trea- 
tife, as thofe Roots are no longer retained in the Difpenfatory ; 
but the Cautions delivered concerning their Ufe being applica- 
ble to many other Drugs, it may beneceffary, for the Informa- 
tion of the Reader, to tranfcribe them. In regard of thefe aro- 
matick Medicines (fays he) which are fo highly cried up for their 
ftomachick Virtues, and for affifting Digeftion, we muil obferve, 
that they ought not to be ufed indifcriminately in all Cafes of 
Weaknefs or Crudity of the Stomach ; fince a depraved Con- 
codlion may be owing to Caufes entirely different, or (as they 
fay) to different Diftemperatures of the Part. Sometimes, for 
Inftance, the Tone of the Fibres is too lax; fo that the Stomach 
difcharges its Contents very flowly into the Inteltines ; whence 
by too long a Continuance, they either grow four, or are con- 
verted into a putrid Mucilage. Sometimes the Membranes of 
the Stomach are difpofed to Inflammation, and the nervous Fi- 
bres are fo fhrivelled up and convulfed, that they are fcarce able 
to protrude the Chyle through the Pylorus . Sometimes, again, 
the 
