5°2 
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Month or more. Being thus prepared, it may be 1 r „£ X5 i> Obferoathn. That the Black and 
riven inw’rdlv for all thofe Difeal'es the Ponder it While Hellebore much fympathize together, with 
felt is good for , it works much gentler, and may "> ’”*"•* *'>* """ J ~ 
, . D i- l ip . fhrpo nr fnnr 
be given from half a Dram to two, three or four 
Drams, mixt with any convenient Vehicle, as lnarp 
Wine mixt with Water, &c. Outwardly, it is good 
againlt Freckles, Lentils, Pimples, Scurft, Morphew, 
and other Breakings out in the Skin. . 
XXIV. T be Oily Tmthire. It is good againlt 
Contra&ures of the Nerves, Pains ol the Joints, 
Gout, Sciatica, Cfc. being anointed upon the Parts 
affliaed Morning and Night for feme time. A- 
nointed upon the Reins, it gives Eale in Pains ot 
the Back proceeding either from vV eakneis or Ub- 
Itruaions of thofe Parts. It digefts and haltens the 
Maturation of Tumors which Nature determines to 
break. . 
XXV. T be Saline Tmftitre. It is a peculiar thing 
againlt Scurff, Morphew, Dropfy, Elephantiafis, 
Pufhes, Pimples, Tettars, Ring-worms, Kings-evil 
Sores, Pocky-eruptions, Herpes, Itch, Scabbinefs, 
Freckles, Lentils, Yellownefs and other Vices of the 
Skin. It may be ufed either limply of it felf, or 
mixt with Vinegar, lharp Wine or Water, accord- 
ing to the Nature and Condition of the Part to 
which it is applied. It alfo eafes the Gout and. Sci- 
atica, being bathed hot upon the Parts affected 
Morning and Night for fome time. 
XXVI. The Peffary or Tent . Being put into a- 
nv Callous Fiftula, or up the Womb, where the 
Vagina is Callous, it foftens and refolves the Calloli- 
ty, mundifies the Filfula or Ulcer, and takes away 
the Callous Matter which hinders duration y after 
which the Ulcer may be healed with fome incarna- 
tive Balfam or Ointment fit for the purpofe. I 
have been told, that if it is put up the Womb as a 
Pelfarv it provokes the Terms, and brings away 
the dead Child •, but it ought to be ufed with Cau- 
tion and good Advice. 
XX VII. T he Sternutatory. I. Some make it of 
the fine Pouder or Flower of the Root alone ; but 
fo ufed, it is much too fttong. 2. Some make it 
thus ; lit fine flower or Yonder of White hellebor 
Rons, Yonder of Rofemary, of Sweet Marjoram, and 
of Winter Savory, of each equal farts ; mix them. 
5. Some make it thus : Si fine Youder of Tobacco, 
or rather of Tobacco Stalks, three Ounces-, Youder of 
Rofemary flowers an Ounce and half ■ Youder of Cloves 
one Ounce ; fine Youder of White Hellebor Root fix 
Drams ■, mix and keep them jor \Jfe. Being fnuft 
up the Noltrils, it caufes much Sneezing, and eva- 
cuates the Head and Brain of cold, moilt, vifeous 
Humors and Feculencies, and is very good againlt 
Vertigo’s, Megrims, Head-aches, Lethargies, Apo- 
plexies, Falling-ficknefs, and other cold and moilt 
Difeafes of thofe Parts. 
XXVIII- Conradus his Vomit. Take Roots of 
White Hellebor one Ounce , wafhftry and pouder them 
Roots of Bryony and Sowbread in pouder , of each two 
Drams 1 add Spirit of Wine fo much or to overtop 
them two Inches or more : dig eft in Balneo for twen- 
ty four hours , then diftil by an Alembick , take out 
the Farces, heat them, and add the Spirit drawn off: 
digeft a Week in a cloje Veffel, then decant the clear, 
filter and h ep it for Ufe. Dip a Feather in it, and 
put it into a Gla'fs of Sack, and drink it-, repeating 
it as you fee occafion. 
XXIX. Heurnius his Vomiting-Wine. Take 
prof 's Pouder of White Hellebor Roots a Scruple -, Ca- 
nary one Pint : mix, and infufe in the Sun for a 
Week. One Spoonful of it will Vomit ^ but half a 
Spoonful, with other Laxatives, will purge down- 
wards, and evacuate cold, vifeous, flimy and griping 
Humors out of the Bowels, Hypochonders and Parts 
■ adjacent. 
relation to their Virtues ^ and what the one will do, 
the other will do alfo but the latter much more 
powerfully, and with far greater Violence, infomuch 
that by reafon of its Violence, and dangerous Ufe, 
the Internal Practice with the Root of White HclL- 
bor uncorre&ed, is wholly almoft given over, and 
left off : otherwife, as to the Virtues and feverai 
Preparations of the True black Hellebor in Chap. 
348. aforegoing, the fame things in a manner may 
be faid of the True White, with Advantage. 
CHAP. CCCLIL 
Of HELLEBOR White Wild. 
I. 'T' HE Names . It is called in Greek , 'E\Ki€b& s 
X tevKot ayei@- : in Latin, Hellebores alb us fyl- 
veftris , Elleborine alba agrejtis and in Englijh , 
Wild White Hellebor. 
II. The Kinds. I. Elleborine recentiorumClufii ■, 
Elleborine alba major , Calceolus mans, Calceolus Ma- 
riam# Elleborine ferruginea Lugdunenfis, Da/e- 
champij Alifmatis Species Gefneri & Tbalij • Da- 
mafonium nothum , and P feudodamafonium aliorum 
The great wild white Hellebor, called alfo Ladies 
Slipper. 2. Elleborine minor florc albc, Elleborine 
alba minor Alifma Damafonium, and Epipattis a- 
liorum -, The leffer wild white Hellebor with a 
white Flower. 3. Elleborine alba minor pur pur ante 
flore. The leffer wild white Hellebor with blufh 
Flowers. 4. Elleborine alba flore Viridunte , Wild 
white Hellebor with whitifti-green Flowers. $. El- 
leborine alba Americana , American wild white Hel- 
lebor. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firff, or Great wild 
white Hellebor, or Ladies Slipper. It has a Root 
compqfed of a number of Strings, interlacing theni- 
Jelves one within another, lying within the upper 
Cruft of the Earth , and not fpreading deep, of a dark 
brownifh color. This Root fends up one, two, or 
more Stalks, a Foot and half high, bearing broad 
green Leaves on each fide, one by one, fomewhat 
like thole of the Vulgar true white Hellebor, but 
fmaller, and not fo ribbed, and each comparing the 
Stalk at the lower end. At the top of the Stalks 
Hands fometimes but one Flower, and fometimes 
two, or but three at moft, one above another, upon 
fmall fhort Foot-ftalks, with a fmall Leaf at the 
foot cf every one. Each of thefe Flowers are of a 
long oval Form, and hollow withal, efpecially at 
the upper part, the lower being round, and fwelling 
like a Belly : at the hollow part there are pieces 
like Ears or Flippers, which at firft do cover that 
hollow place, and afterwards ftand apart one from 
another, all which are of a fine pale yellow color in 
moft Plants but fome have been found of a brown- 
er color, as tending to purple. There are alfo four 
long, narrow and dark colored Leaves, at the let- 
ting on of the Flower upon the Stalk, wherein the 
Flower, as it were, at the firft was enclofed. The 
whole Flower is of a pretty fweet Smell : the Seed 
is very fmall, and like unto that of the Ordhtdcs or 
Dog-Jtones , and is contained in the like kind cf 
Pods. 
IV. The fecond, or Leffer wild white Hellebor 
with a white Flower. It has Roots like the forma , 
but J, mailer : and this fmall Plant grows up in 1 ike 
m inner. 
