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dies, and lalts an hundred 
Y ears. 
CoCUltt 0 ,lWw. ’Tis un- 
certain where theie Berries 
grow j but the chief uie ol 
them is for catching Filh, 
a Pafte being made for 
them of White Flower and 
the Powder of the Berries. 
For the Fifh, by eating of 
this Pafte, become giddy 
andftupid, and io are eafi- 
ly taken : But it is quefti- 
onabie whether Fifh io ta- 
ken may be fafely eaten ; 
perhaps if they are gutted 
as foon as they are taken, 
and boy I’d, they may be 
eaten without hurt. A Per- 
fon who went to buy Cu- 
bebs of a Apothecary, had 
thefe Berries deliver’d to 
him by a Miftake; and 
when he had taken not 
above four of them, he 
was prefently feiz’d with a 
Vomiting, the Hiccups, and 
Faintnefs : But aV01r.it 
being prefenly given him, 
he recover’d within an 
Hour. 
CoffCfc* in Latin Caova. 
The Decoction of it 
ftrengthens acoldStomach, 
helps £oneo$:ion ? and o- 
pens Gbitrubtions of the 
Bowels, and is good for 
cold Tumors of the Liver 
and Speen. It heats the 
Womb, and frees it from 
Obftrubfions: Upon which 
Account, the Egyptian and 
Arabian Women ufe it fre- 
quently. But it is moft ta. 
ken notice of for removing 
Drowlinefs. But tho it be 
fo commonly ufed, and lo 
very proper and effectual 
infome Cafes ; yet in othfr 
Cafes perhaps it may be 
hurtful, or, at leaft, not fo. 
beneficial: For it is com- 
monly obferve’d, thatCof- 
fee-drinkers are often very 
lean, and become Parali- 
tick, and impotent as to 
Venery. But, indeed, in 
moft Difeales of the Head,, 
as, for Giddinefs, Head- 
aches, Lethargies,Catarrhs,. 
and the like ? Coffee is often 
ufed with good Succefsby 
thofe that are of a grofs 
Habit of Body, and of a 
cold Conlfitution , and 
whofe Blood is watery , 
their Brains moift, and 
their Animal Spirits dull 5 
for, being taken daily, it 
wonderfully clears the Spir 
rits, and dififipates thofe 
Clauds of all theFundfions. 
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