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ij?5° Viburnum foliis ovatis acuminatis ferratis ve- 
nofis, petiolis laevibus. 
XV. An Account of the Cicuta, recommended 
by Dr. Storke ; by William Watfon, M. D. 
F. R. S. 
To the Royal Society „ 
Gentlemen, 
Read i^6i 3, 17 ’ "T ^ a P a P er ^ ^tely laid before you, I 
. X endeavoured to demonftrate, that the 
Cicuta major, which, fince the publication of Dr. 
Storke’s work at Vienna, had been ufed medicinally 
in England, was the plant intended by that gentle- 
man ; and not the Cicuta aquatica, as had been fug- 
gefled by fome pradlitioners here. And Dr. Storke 
has removed every doubt, which could remain, by 
transmitting hither to Mr. Hudfon, a very ingenious 
apothecary and botanift, fome leaves of the Cicuta 
major, or common hemlock, which grew at Vienna, 
and is of the fame fpecies with the plant fo denomi- 
nated here. 
As Dr. Storke informs us, that, fince the publi- 
cation of his treatife, he has received letters from al- 
moft every part of Europe, confirming his good opi- 
nion of the virtues of the Cicuta, and as he is about 
to pubiifh a fecond treatife upon the fame fubjed, 
containing ftill more extraordinary relations of cures 
brought about, by adminiftring that plant; there 
is no doubt therefore, but that endeavours will be 
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