There ,s .reae reafo» Lo fuppofe, that i. is a.fo a nauve of feme parts of Europe and Afia. 
T the Thorn-apple. — Bergius, a modern 
Authors univerfaily agree in , attrib ff rarotA P lant affefted him fo powerfully 
° fthe phnt ' he became n,ght,y ,ntox,catcd - 
as if unaccuftomed io tobacco he had inhaled its fumes, 
Adecoaionofthe herb, feed-veffels, or feeds, 
conllitutions, but the fymptoms moft commonl^aMuda ve g ement thirfl, and tremblings, 
lleep, infanity, midnefs, convulfions, pally or the limps, 
Haller mentions a cafe in which taking of the feeds proved fatal ; they had been adminillered for thofe 
of Nigella, 
The Chinefe are forbid by law from putting it into fermented liquors, with a view to intoxicate. 
As the mod aaive poifons, in proper dofes Ikilfully adminillered, frequently prove efficacious m re ">°™S 
obftinate Z eafes ; fok, as’ wef Jl feveral others, has been recommended for ^ fuch ■ purpofe. Dr. Stork, 
of Vienna, firlt propofed it as a remedy for thofe very drfeafes it is capable ot exciting. 
An extraa made from the exprelTed juice of the leaves is acrid and Mine to the < *&. ■»> J™!* 
rrvlMs of nitre on (landing This preparation, given in dofes of from one to five grains, twice or thrice 
a day is faid to be a very powerful remedy in various convulfive and fpafmodic difeafes epilepfy and mania 
The accounts of other practitioners have confirmed that of the firft introducer, and it has been received into 
fome pharmacopeias. An ointment prepared from the leaves, has been found to give eafe in external in- 
flammations and hemorrhages. 
Emetics and purgatives give the fpeediefl relief in cafes where the plant has been inadvertently eaten, 
which it is fometimes neceflary frequently to repeat, as fome of the feeds have been found to lodge a con- 
fiderable time in the ftomach, 
