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which require long boiling, unlefs it be added to- 
wards the End. 
Some Authors extol it greatly in intermitting 
Fevers, being taken to the Number of feven, eight, 
or nine Grains, either whole or grofsly broken, a 
few Hours before the Paroxyfm ; and they even 
aflert that a quartan Ague may be conquered by 
continuing the Ufe of it. We mu ft confefs that 
this Remedy, notwithftanding it has often met 
with but bad Succefs, has in many Cafes been 
ierviceable, either by provoking the Patient to 
vomit, or bringing on a plentiful Sweat towards the 
End of the Paroxyfm. At leaft, it makes the 
cold Fit fhorter*, and with this Intention Celfus , 
L. g. C. 12. recommends it with warm Water 
and Garlick. But if it be taken too late, or when 
the Fit is juft beginning, Etmuller obferves that it 
increafes the Heat of the Fever. 
It is like wife commended for an alexiterial Qua- 
lity againfl coagulating Poifons, and for Catarrhs 
and Giddinefs. However, the too frequent Ufe 
ef it is hurtful *, forafmuch as it difpofes the Sto- 
mach, Inteftines and the other Bowels, to Inflam- 
mation,. and raifes an inordinate Heat in the Blood 
and all the Humours of the Body. Upon thefe 
Accounts Perfo-ns of hot Temperaments, or who 
are fuhje£t to Inflammations, ought to avoid ufing 
it. The Dofe in Subftance is from gr. j. to x. and 
to 3 -j. in Infufion. 
Externally it is ordered in Apopblegmatifrns, 
Gargles, and fneezing. Powders, to incide vifcid 
Lymph obftru&ing the Glands. It eafes the Ach- 
ing of a rotten Tooth, reduces a tumid Uvula , 
and removes Stitches of the Side, being applied 
immediately in the Beginning of the Difeafe. The 
Indians mix long Pepper with Ointments, which 
they ufe againfl: Pains of the Limbs proceeding 
from 
