Foreign Vegetables.* 447 
folia , C. B. It grows naturally in Brafile and fome 
American Iflands, and is alfo very much cultivated 
in thofe Parts. It is likewife Town in our Gardens, 
and flowers in July and Auguft. 
Tobacco is narcotick and anodyne, occafioning 
Drowflnefs and eaflng Pains, particularly the Tooth- 
ache, if chewed in the Mouth or fmoked in a Pipe. 
If taken into the Stomach it proves violently eme- 
tick and cathartick : Yet fome have attempted to 
deprive it of thefe bad Qualities, and not without 
Succefs. To this End, Quercetan diredts its Juice 
to be digefted in Hydromel and Oxymel for two or 
three Days, and then to be made into a Syrup ; 
which he, and others, greatly commend to incide 
and deterge tough Phlegm, in Afthmas and ftub- 
born Coughs. The Dofe is from half a Spoonful 
to a whole one, for feveral Days fucceflively. An 
Infufion of Tobacco is recommended by fome Au- 
thors to be injedted by way Clyfter in fleepy Diforders; 
but, when thus ufed, it fometimes brings on Con- 
vulflons. Vomitings, Tremblings, cold Sweats, and 
Other bad Symptoms, which in a fhort Time, if not 
remedied, generally terminate in Death. It is of 
Service, either fmoked, chewed, or taken in Snuff*, 
to People of cold or phlegmatick Temperaments, 
or who are fubjedt to Defluxions. It requires, how- 
ever, to be ufed with Difcretion : For a learned 
Author * informs us, that an immoderate Ufe of it 
emaciates the Body, frequently caufes a fudden 
Death, and always impairs the Memory. 
The frefli green Leaves, boiled in Oil and made 
into an Unguent, are very good to deterge and 
cleanfe old Sores or Ulcers. They are likewife ad- 
vantageoufly applied, in Plaifters, to refolve hard 
Swellings. 
* Cbmtl, Abregt de I'WJleire dtt Plant n ufutllti. T. I, f, 128. 
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