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and fharp Humours are 
driven to the chief and 
principal Parts , which 
cannot be done without 
great Danger and Hazard 
of Life : And therefore 
we muft not apply fuch 
Remedies to St. Anthony’s- 
Lire, the Shingles, or fuch 
hot Pimples and Blcmifh- 
es of the Skin,unadvifedly 
or rafhly. 
The Leaves ..pounded 
are profitably put into 
the Ointment of Popler , 
by us, commonly called 
"Unguent um Populeum , 
And it is good in all 
other Ointments made for 
the fame purpofe. 
$tpple-fe)0?t, in Latin 
Lampfana It has a white, 
Angle Root, with Twigs 
and Fibres. The Stalk is 
two or three Foot high, or 
higher, round, hairy, red- 
difh, concave and branchy. 
The Leaf is like the Leaf 
of South-thiftlc. The Flow- 
ers are fmall, and yellow, 
The Seed is oblong, black- 
ifh, and a little crooked. 
The whole Plant being cut, 
yields a bitter Milk. It 
flowers in June and July, 
and grows frequently in 
Gardens. 
’Tis reckon’d good for 
the Nipples, when they 
are fore. 
i o. 
O SliMcee ,in Lat. Qucr- 
cus . The whole Oak 
is altringent, but efpecially 
the Bark. A Decod ion of 
it is given for the Bloody- 
Flux, and for Spitting of 
Blood. I he Acorns are 
Diuretick. ThcWaterdi- 
fliii’d from the Leaves of 
a young Oak, cures the 
Whites. Thole that cut 
for the Stone ufe a Bath 
made of the Bark, to heal 
the Wound. Galls grow 
on Oaks, but not in Eng- 
land. The belt Ink is made 
in the following manner : 
Take of Galls four Ounces, 
of Copperas two Ounces, 
of Gum-Arabeck one 
Ounce ; beat the Galls to 
a grofs powder, and infufe 
them nine Days in a Quart 
or Claret ; fet it near the 
Fire, and ftir it daily ; 
then put in the Copperas 
and the Gum, and when 
it 
