[ * * * § 5 ' 1 
feized the human fpecies. A red (pot hid: was per- 
ceptible under the arrflpits, or in the thigh, attended 
with great itching ; and in a few hours grew to a 
a very large tumour, joined with a burning heat of 
the part affeCted : Thefe fymptoms were attended 
with a very acute fever, intire lofs of ftrength, violent 
pains in the head, and rednefs of the eyes. An old 
country practitioner, famous in thefe parts for his 
judgment, cured perfons labouring under this fevere 
difeafe in a fhort time. He ufed firft to the carbun- 
cle the powder of an herb *, of which is given a 
complete hiftory and figure in this work, made into 
a thin pultice with dregs § of beer : This pultice, 
gently warmed, was applied to the part affeCted, and 
the patient confined to his bed, who was at liberty 
to take whatever nourifhment he liked, except milk, 
brandy, or the flefh of pikes. During this time the 
patient drank plentifully of a decoCtion of this herb, 
collected during the time of its flowering j though 
the powder, applied as above, was prepared from, 
the leaves, before the flower-flalk was produced. The 
carbuncle, from this treatment, did generally break in 
four-and-twenty hours, and the fymptoms greatly 
abate. The wound was fprinkled with fal ammoniac, 
and healed in a fhort time. This difeafe affeCted 
the cattle in different manners ; fome fuddenly fet a 
running 
* Centaurea fquamis ovatis, foliis pinnatis, foliolis decurrenti- 
bus, linearibus, ferratis et integris. Flor. Sibir. Tom. II. p. 89,. 
Tab. XLI. . 
Cyanus floridus odoratus Turcicus, feu orientals major, flora 
luteo. Hort.Lugd. Bat. p. 21 x. 
§ Face carevijia ; though I am inclined to think yeaft is intended,, 
which is ufually written fios cerevifia y or fermentum cerevifia. ' 
