you muft purge him. Dra- 
gon’s-blood comes from 
one of the Canary- Iflands, 
called Portus San&us, near 
the Madera's. 
E. 
]p250Upj in Latin Ebe- 
■*-‘nus. The Wood is as 
black as Pitch , and as 
ftnooth as polifli’d Ivory. 
’Tis good for the Difeafes 
of rhe Eyes. Many forts of 
thiags are made of it ; as, 
Cafes, Chefts, Combs, 
Frames for Pictures and 
Looking-glalfes . and the 
like. An Englijh Man that 
was frequently feiz’d with 
Flatulent Convulfions, was 
cured by ufing a Deco&ion 
of Ebony for the fpace of 
forty Days ; whereby he 
did lweat much. 
iVhite or Hel- 
lebore, in Latin Helleborus 
albus. The Root of White 
Hellebore, which is only in 
ufe in Phyfick, purges ve- 
ry violently upward and 
downward ; yet it may be 
ufed, fays Tragus, being in- 
fus’d twenty four Hours in 
Wine or Oxym'el, and af- 
terwards dried : Half a 
Dram of it, fo prepar’d, 
may be given in Wine to 
Mad and Melancholy Peo- 
ple. But either of the Hel- 
lebores, fays Gefner, may be 
ufed inoftenfively , being 
boy I’d to a Syrup with Ho- 
ny and Vinegar ; and are 
very ufeful for many Fleg- 
matick Difeafes, efpecially 
of the Bread: and Head $ 
as, an Afthma, Difficulty of 
Breathing and the Falling- 
ficknefs. They wonderful- 
ly purge the Belly, the U- 
rine, and all the Paflages. 
In the Ufe of White Helle- 
bore two things are chiefly 
to be minded : Firft, that 
the Difeafes are very obfti- 
n^jte : And Secondly, that 
the Patient hath fufficient 
Strength to bear the Ope- 
ration. Wherefore the Root 
ought not to be given to 
Old Men , Women, ot 
Children, or to fuch as are 
weakly, and coftive in the 
Body : And the Hellebore 
ought to be well prepar’d. 
The old Way of giving of 
it was, with Horfe-Rad- 
ifh, whicH' they ufed three 
Ways > for, either they 
ftuck the Roots into Horfe- 
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