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| Sir Robert Tab nr was the 
firft that found out the true 
Dole or Quantity of it for 
curing Agues - } for he did 
not itand upon Scruples , 
but gave Drams and Oun- 
ces of it ; and fo it an- 
fwer’d his End, and ren- 
der’d him and the Bark fa- 
mous. Being once requir’d 
by fome Phyficians to de- 
fine what an Ague was, he 
anfwer’d, That an Ague was 
a Difeafe that he could cure, 
and they could not. ’Tis to 
be noted, that the Ba\k, 
when it is old, is as eft^- 
clual to cure Agues, as 
when it is frefli ; and, in 
one refped', much better ; 
for the Purgative Quality, 
; which is obferv’d to be in 
the frelh Bark, goes off in 
time. Spon , in his Book 
of Obiervations, Sur les 
Fievres , & les Febrifuges 
! fays, That by diligent Search 
lye had found, that the Peru- 
vian Barf did not come from 
the Trunk, or Branches , but 
from the Root ; for he had 
tried fome of the Barf of the 
Trunk and Branches, that 
was fent to him, and it was 
not at all bitter. Which 
Qbfervation may be cf 
fome ufe to thole in our 
'World, who endeavour to 
find a Succedaneum for it. 
J, lays he, have made fome 
Trials in this Matter : The 
Barf of the Root of the 
Pea'ch-treeis very rough, and 
a little bitter upon which 
Account it is, undoubtedly, 
very proper for a Locjnefs. 
the Barf of the Roots of the 
Afo is alfo rough, and p un- 
gent ly acrid, by reajon of 
abundance of Salts contain d 
in it, which gives it its Fe- 
brifuge Virtue . Laflly, The 
Barf of the Roots of the 
Blacf-Cherry-tree is rough, 
and bitter , and therefore 
the Powder of it given in a 
Quartan Ague , leffens the 
Fits, but does not quite tafe 
them off: Tct, fays he, I do 
not quejlion but that it will 
cure Fevers, being given or- 
derly, and in a due quan- 
tity. 
Florentine- Bins, in Latin 
Iris Florentina. The Root 
of it hang’d in Wine or 
Beer, keeps the Beer fweer, 
and imparts a pleafant 
Smell to the Wine , and 
makes it tafte as if Rasber- 
ries were mix’d with it. 
’Tisalfo much ufed by Ba- 
kers, to make Leaven for 
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