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Radilh,and continu’d them 
in it twenty four Hours ; 
and afterwards, the Roots 
being taken out, they gave 
the Horfe-Radiih : Or they 
infus’d the Horfe-Radiih, 
ftuck with the Roots, in 
Oxymel, in B. M. and gave 
only the Oxymel : Or, they 
left the Horfe-Radiih fo 
prepar’d all Night, and in 
the Morning infus’d it in 
Oxymel, having firft call 
away the Hellebore ; and 
then they gave theOxymel. 
Put Parkjnfon fays, the belt 
Way of preparing it is, to 
infufe it in the Juice of 
Quinces ; or to roaft it un- 
der Allies, in a Quince. 
If, upon taking Hellebore, 
t here is danger of Suffoca- 
tion, the eating of Quinces, 
or the taking the Juice or 
Syrup of it, is a prefent 
Remedy. The Root boil’d 
in Vinegar, and retain’d a 
while in the Mouth, takes 
off the Pain of the Teeth. 
A Decodion of it made in 
Lee kills Lice, and cleanfes 
the Head from Scurf, it 
being walh’d with it : And 
mix’d with fome Ointment 
itj does the fame, and cures 
the Itch, and other Vices 
of the Skim Made up in- 
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to a Pafte, it kills ieveral 
Animals - 3 as, Moles, Mice. 
Wealles, Birds, and the 
like. The Powder of it 
blown up into the Noftrils, 
occafions Sneezing - 3 where- j 
fore it is called in Englilh i 
Sneez-wort. ParJ{inJonfays, j 
the Spaniards make a Poi- 1 
Lon of the Juice of the 
Root, being fermented in 
an Earthen Pot ; where- 
with they anoint their Ar- 
rows, that the Wounds in- j 
Aided by them may be ren- 
der’d incurable. ’Tis very 
ftrange that this Poifon ta- 
ken into the Body fhould 
not be deadly, and yet that 
the Wound touch’d with it 
Aiould be fo. But the fame 
may be faid of the Poifon 
of Vipers j which being ta- 
ken inwardly* occafions no 
deadly Symptoms ; but be- 
ing mix’d with the Blood, 
through the Orifice of a 
Wound, orPundure; foon 
kills, unlefs the Party is im- 
mediately reliev’d by pro- 
per Remedies. To con- 
clude , both Hellebores 
were formerly ufed for Me- 
lancholy and Mad People, 
and now they are only ufed 
in great Difeafes ; as, for 
the Fallitig-ficknefs, Giddi- 
nefs { 
