” 5 °8 
Salmon s Herbal . Lib. I. 
Uc, becaufj, tor that if the Vinegar was given in a 
rood large quantity it would caufe plentilul Vomit- 
i;- r r_ evacuate the poyfonous matter, and withal, 
l v 'veajbii ot' its acidity, it would enervate and de- 
i do v the force of the Povfon, making it of no effect. 
' V.V. T he limp/njhr, 'called Eir.plattrum e Cicuta 
cum Ammoniuco. 'lnko jut at of Hemlock four Oun- 
ces, Vinrsur ej Stpi/Is, Gum Ammmacum , op each 
, Oxm-a, iiifhe tl* G*m in the Juice andVi ■ 
/»v a gentle infufion in a rearm Sand beat , then 
Drain. 'end reduce it to the confidence of an Empla- 
Her. 'Here note, that if the quantity of the Juice 
was doubled it would be fo much the better-, it was 
invented to eafe pains , chiefly ot the Spleen and 
Gout, my Experience lias confirmed it, and fuch as 
ihall ufe 'it upon my Word may have caufe to return 
me Thanks tot this' Recommendation it is alfo an 
excellent thing to diffolve Scirrhus, and other like 
lurd Tumors in any part of the Body , chiefly Tu- 
mors ot the Liver, Spleen, Hypochonders , and 
Joints. 
XVI. Kola. It has been found by obfervation 
that feme Countries bring it forth in greater ftrength 
than other fome do, and where it is produced in 
greater llrength it is a greater Poyfon-, and tho’ it is 
a kind of Poyfon with us here in England, yet it 
Teems not to be io great a Poyfon as in Greece , and 
other hot Countries, nor attended with fuch violent 
effetis. 
tops of the Stalks, refembling Coriander Seed, but 
leifer; the whole Plant feems not to me to be of 
any evil fmell. 
CHAP. CCCLVI. 
O/HEMIOCK the Leffer, 
0 R, 
HEMLOCK Parity Leav’d. 
j/qp 11 E Karnes. It is called in Greek Kdisiw pi- 
1 in Latine Cicuta parva , vel minor , and 
in Englifb The Small or Leffer Hemlock. 
II. The Kinds. This is the fecond general Spe- 
cies of this Plant, and tho’. it is a lingular one of its 
Kind, yet Authors have given it a plurality of Names, 
as Cicuta minor Cordi (S Corner anj , Cicutaria Eatua 
Lobelij j Cicuta Eatua. Apittm Cicutarium Tha/ij , 
Vetrofelimim Caninum Tabernamtmtani , Vetrofebni 
vitium Tragi , and Apij Comes Cicutarium Gefneri 
m Hortis, Pools Hemlock, Parily Leav’d Hemlock, 
£?V. 
Hemlock 
heav’d. 
IV. The Places . It grows amongft Stones and 
Rubbilh by old Walls and ruinous places , by the 
Walls of Cities and Towns, and on Banks fides, and 
by Hedges, almoft every where, as alfo in Gardens 
very plentifully. 
V. The Times. It Flowers in July and Aug u ft , 
and its Seed is ripe in Auguft and September , and in 
warm and feafonable Years much fooner. 
VI. The Qualities , Specification , Preparations and 
Virtues of this are the fame with thofe of the Com- 
mon Kinds , faving, that it is found by experience 
that this is not full out fo Venefick as they are, yet 
doubtlels is dangerous to be taken inwardly. 
CHAP. CCCLVII. 
III. The Defcription. This Smaller Hemlock ha* 
a J mall , tough , white. Root , which ferijbes every 
Tear, from which rife up divers ftiff Stalks, fcarcefy 
a Yard high, hollow, fomewhat reddilh towards the 
Sur. , otherwise they are whiter than the former, 
fmuller, and not fpotted at all, and jointed or kneed 
at certain dillances, from which Joints fpring forth 
long Leaves, very green, and finely jagged, like the 
Common Chervil , or Parfty? indeed as the Leaves are 
much {mailer than rhe Common Hemlock , fo they 
come fo near unto Par fly , that many are miftaken, 
in gathering one lor another, being often found (tho' 
a Wild Weed) in Gardens, of a paler green color, 
and with few Branches ; rhe Flowers are white, and 
grow at the tops of the Stalks in fmall ljx>ky Um- 
bles. with fmall, longifh, green Leaves about them-, 
the Seed follows, like that of the Common Hemlock , 
of a white color, or as they grow together on the 
Of HEMLOCK Water or Marik. 
■\ . f jj. isj-tx) .’•v . ,* 
I. np H E Karnes. It is called in Greek K *>nm V- 
JL ircofit, in Latine Cicuta Aquatica , vel 
Paluftris , in Englifb Water or Marjh Hemlock. 
II. The Kinds. There are three Kinds hereof, 
viz. I. Cicutaria Paluftris alba , Cicutaria Paluftris 
Elore albo , Cicutaria albo Lugdunenfls , White Water 
Hemlock. £. Cicutaria Paluftris rubra , Cicutaria 
rubra , Cicutaria Paluftris Elore purpureo Baubini & 
Cartier arijjRkeA Water Hemlock. 3. Cicutaria Pa- 
luftris Tenui folia Lobelij , Cicuta Paluftris if Aqua- 
tica Cordi , Gefneri , a Thahj , Marfh of Water 
Hemlock. 
III. The Defcriptions. The fir ft. . or White Wa- 
ter 
