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Throughout the Body of this Work, our Author 
has ranged his Plants after this Method ; and when 
he mentions a particular Plant, he firft gives the 
generical Name, and its Inventor; then lays down the 
Form of the Flower, and the Manner of diftinguifh- 
ing this Plant from others of the fame Species ; then 
quotes the Synonymes, then the Place of its natural 
Growth, afterwards the Defcription of its Root and 
Leaves; and laftly, colle&s all the Evidence on both 
Sides, with regard to its Ufes as a Medicine, or the 
contrary. 1 think it not improper to give here Part 
of the Hiftory of one Plant, as a Specimen of the 
reft. The Author, fpeaking, p. 298. of Veratrum y 
or white Hellebore of the Shops, after mentioning 
the generical Name, Form of the Flower, 29 Sy- 
nonymes of different Writers, the Place of Growth, 
and the Form of its Root, fays, i€ This Plant is 
univerfally agreed to be hurtful, though Brajfa- 
ic vola^ p. 531. found fome People hardy enough 
“ to give a Drachm at a Dofe, without any Cor- 
“ redor; which Dofe even Welfch and Herman 
te have allowed in Infufion to Dsemoniacs, alfo 
€t Matthiolus , p. 1222. with good Succefs, to Lu- 
“ natics. Hermann in like Cafes gives the Root 
i( in Subftance, from 15 to 30 Grains. Notwith- 
“ ftanding which, we find in the Ephemerides na - 
€c t ur a curio f. Anno i mo Obf. 65. that One Scruple 
i( has certainly produced Convulfions; and IVepfer 
tc mentions a Dog killed with the fame Dofe, and 
“ Fallopius de Turgant . likewife many ftrangled 
u therewith. Lentilius , p. 8 6 8. takes Notice of 
€ * violent Vomitings occafioned by the Root’s being 
“ given by Miftake, inftead of Solomon s-feal. The 
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