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Ten, of Raifins of the Sun 
three Ounces ; boyi them 
in Oxycrate y afterwards 
•beat them, and add , of 
Camomile- flowers, and of 
the Flower ofMelilot and 
Red Rofes, each one Pu- 
gil ; of Spikenard and Ga- 
mels-Hay, each one Dram; 
of the Seed of S'mallage 
and Parfly , each half a 
Dram; of Endive and Pur- 
flain, each one Dram and 
an half; of the Oyl of 
Wormwood and Rofes, 
each one Ounce ; of Bari y- 
meal two Ounces ; make 
a Pultis. This is ufed for 
Inflammations and Ulcers 
of the Liver. 
IDtttiinp of Crete, in La- 
tin DiElatnnus Creticus. It 
bath all the Virtues that 
Penny-royabhas, but it is 
much more effectual ; for 
it expels a dead Child, not 
only by taking of it in- 
wardly, but alfo by . out- 
ward Application, and by 
~ ume. ’Tis faid, that the 
Goats in Crete , when they 
are wounded by Darts, ex- 
tradl them, and fo are cured 
by feeding on ir. It has 
moreover,aPurgativeQua- 
bty. Being applied fo rhe 
Soles of the Feet, or any o- 
ther Part of the Body , it 
draws out Thorns, it alfo 
safes the Pain of the Spleen. 
The Root of it caffes hot, 
and haftens Delivery. An- 
lo great is the Virtue of this 
Herb, that the Smell of it 
drives away Venomous 
Creatures, and kills them 
if they but touch it : But 
this feems improbable* The 
Juice of it applied to 
Wounds made by a Sword, 
or by the Biting of Venom r 
ous Creatures, is a prefent 
Remedy, if, at the fame 
time it alfo be taken in* 
wardly. Hyppocrates counts 
it the belt Remedy to expel 
the Secundine,- and a Falfe 
Conception, Being taken 
in Wine it provokes the 
Courfes, and haftens Deli- 
very fo powerfully, that it 
ought not to be kept in the 
Chamber, or near where 
Big-belly’d Women arc. A 
Woman that was in a de- 
fperate Condition by rea- 
fon of a dead Child, was 
foon deliver'd by taking the 
Powder of the Leaves of 
this Herb. Take of Dit- 
tany of Crete one Dram» 
of Saffron one Scruple, of 
3romwel,Annife--Seed,and 
S Mifletd 
