Chap. 3 < 5 1 . . E/% 
itiHgmatioiis, alleviates pain, and gives eale in the 
Gout, the parts arfefted being often bathed there- 
with. 
XXV'. The Cure oj fuel) us are Poyjoned with 
Henbane. It' it is recent, the hilt and only thing 
which is to be done is, to give an Emetick,’ which 
may be 'Tartar Emetic k, Yinum Antimomale , Vimtth 
Bemiittum , or fome fuck Antimonial Vomit, which! 
when it has almott done working, 1 its force down- 
wards ought to be encouraged , by giving this Cly- 
ltet. 1 'like ' Mutton Broth or Pojjet-Drink a Pi, it . 
brown Sugar four Ounces, mix, melt , and. exhibit it 
warm-, by this means all the Viicera or Bowels will 
be effectually cleared of. the Poyfon , then give to 
the Patient Goats Milk, or Mead, or Honied Water 
or Pine Kernels with fweet. Wine, or if thefe be not 
at Hand, give feline/ , or TSill, or Caraway Seed in 
Pouder, A ettle Seed, or Seed of Milliard or Jtadijhrs 
in Wine; alio Onions of Garlick taken in Wine do 
all help to free them from the danger, and reltore 
them to their due Temper again; laltly, being put 
to Bed give two or three Drams of Mithridale of 
Venice Treacle in a Glals of Canary, cover them 
down warm, and let them left upon it. 
XXVI. .i Uijlory. Parkinfon gives a Relation 
of one who digging up fome Parfncp Roots in d 
Garden, by chance alfo dug up fome Henbane Rco s 
which grew among them, they being both very like 
one another, as is before related; thefe Henbane 
Roots were boiled with the Parfneps , and drefled 
with them, and they were eaten at Supper; the 
Perfon who gave the relation hereof Paid that he eat 
of them , and was prefently after very dry. and the 
drought was fo great, that nothing he could take 
would quench it, his Tatte was depraved, and his 
relifli of things was taken away ; fuddenly alfo his 
Sight was' troubled , fo that lie cotild not difeern 
things as they were, but as if they were three or 
tour fold ; his Urine was alfo quite .flopped, fo that 
notwithftanding he- had a great defire to make Wa- 
ter, yet ft was wholly .obltfuHed fin this find Con- 
dition' Re 'cfiMtlAu'ed for ntofl? pi)rt of thfe Night, nei- 
ther could- hb reft of ’fieep being- in Bed, but his 
Urine, by the ftoppage rhareofj grew fo. hot within 
him, that it added much to his Grief; at length he 
bethought himlelf of a Medicine, which was good 
againft the Stone, it was a Pouder, he prefently took 
it, and it caufed him to make Water, and thereby he 
felt incredible eafe in his whole Body, for all things 
which he had takeri before did him no good ; but by 
this means he quickly recovered his Sight, and the 
other Symptoms vanifh’d, and by Morning lie was 
very well: The Servants alfo who did eat of this 
Mefs were Diftempefd, fome more, fome lefs, ac- 
cording to their feeding, and the ftrength of then- 
habit of Body, or Conftitution, operating together. 
XXVII. An Obfervatiott. Mountebanks and 
Quack-Salvers -pretend to cure the Toothach with 
the Fumes of the burned Seed , and to bring many 
Worms out of the Teeth and Gums therewith, it is 
true that the Fumes of the Seed will give eafe in 
that pain, but the pretence of Worms falling out of 
the Teeth is a Cheat which they put upon the by- 
itanders, for. thefe Vile Fellows, to deceive thofe 
from whom they would get Money, caufe the Pati- 
ents to hold their Mouths over a Bafon or Bowl of 
fair warm Water , they receive the Fumes of the 
burning Seeds up a Funnel ; thefe Seeds are ftuck 
fall upon a Hick , with a great many fmall bits of 
very fine Lute String, which being mixed with the 
Rofin, and fixed on the Hick, with the Seeds after- 
wards, while the Rofin is hot, as the Roiiny flick 
is then kindled and bums, melting the Rofin, and qs 
\Hjb 'Herbs. 5 1 ^ 
the Rofin burns die bumes go up die Hint® into the 
Mouth, and rlie Seeds built, and the vciv ins.ill bits 
oi die Lute String fail into the Water, which leem 
to move or ftir themielves, whereby the lookers on 
tlwik them to be live Worms come our from rlit 
Teeth and Gums, whereas in trutli they are nothing 
but thefe bits of Lure String mixed and "blended with 
tlie Koiin juft' fallen down by means of the Fire, tot 
it is the property of thofe Lute Srrings, that feeling 
the heat of tire hire, and all'o falling inro warm Wa- 
ter, to leem to ftir and to move about in the Water 
as if they were alive. 
C H A P. CCCLXI. 
Of H F, N BANE White. 
T H E Names. It is called in Greek, 'TormauQ- 
rtvxli : in Latm Hyojcyamus alb us •, and in 
EnglWs, white Henbane. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral forts, as i. Hy- 
ojcyamus a/bus , (fo called by all Authors) White 
Henbane* and this is major , the greater kind, for 
Bauhinus makes two of rhem. 2. Hyojcyamus a lb us 
minor , The leffer white Henbane : whether they be 
one and the fame Plant ( as Parkinfon fays they are ) 
is hard to determine, fince difference 'in Soil may 
make a very fenfible difference both in Growth and 
Magnitude : however with Bauhinus we fJiall here 
admit them to be. two and fo John Jon upon Ge- 
rard allows them. 3. Hyojcyamus Creticus ■, Hyof* 
cyamus albus Creticus , White Henbane of Candy 5 
and this Clufius makes to be twofold, as alio does 
Bauhinus , which are a greater and a lelfer, tho 5 Par- 
kinfon will have them to be but one, and this larger 
fort is that which he thinks to be the Hyofcyamus 
Luteus Diofcoridis : but thefe in their figure and 
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