For e i g n Vegeta bl.es. 2$$ . 
End QuercetantiSy ' in his DifpeiTatory, direfts an 
Apple to he fcooped hollow,, fo as to contain 
one Drachm of Frankincenfe in Powder, and then 
to be flopped up and roafied under Allies : The 
Patient is to take the Apple with the Frankin- 
cenfe,v drinking §iij. of the. diddled Water of Car - 
duns benediffius immediately after, and then to keep 
himfelf well covered in Bed to fweat. Riveriits 
in his Obfervations, allures us that he has been " 
Witnefs to the Succefs of this Remedy in many 
Perfons, who being reduced to Extremity were 
relieved in a fhort Time, either by fweating plen- 
tifully, or by a free Difcharge of Matter ‘ from the 
Bread. I likewife have had recourfe to this Re- 
medy, and often, though not always, with good 
Succefs, the Patient having been twice or thrice 
let Blood before it was taken. In Cafe the fird 
Dofe be not fucceeded by Sweat, it ought to be 
repeated about fix Hours after. 
Externally it is ufed in Fumigations for the Head 
in Catarrhs, Giddinefs and Deduxions of Rheum 
upon the Nodrils, and is ferviceable againd the 
falling down of the Rettum, being burnt in a Clofe- 
flool. It is good in Wounds of the Head , and 
Nerves, and to incarn and cicatrize Ulcers ; which 
Virtues give it a Place in many vulnerary and heal- ■ 
ing Plaiders and Ointments. Matihiolus extols it 
as a fovereign Remedy againd Rednefs of the Eyes, 
or Ble'arednefs. He orders a Lump of Frankin- 
cenfe, duck upon an Iron-pin or the like, to be’ 
fet on Fire in a Wax-Candle, and to be fuddenly 
quenched in four Ounces of Role- Wafer, and fo 
alternately for thirty Times. The Water 'after- 
wards, being drained through a clean linen Rag, is 
to be applied to the Corners of the Eyes every 
Night with a Feather. If the Diforder be very 
painful, an equal Quantity of Woman’s Milk mud 
S 2 be 
