88% Salmon* 1 ierbah Lib. L 
Taken alfo daily Morning and Night inwardly I 
in Wins, and the Back Bone being alfo anoint- 
ed therewith twice a Day, as alfo the other 
parts affefted in a Palfy, it has been found by good 
Experience to Cure that Difeafe, as alfo Numb- 
ednefs, Trembling of the Limbs, and other Pa- 
ralytick Difaffe&ions of the Nerves. It helps 
Lamenefs , gives eafe in the Gout tho’ _ ne- 
ver fo extrsam , prevails againlt the Sciatica , 
and is a powerful Remedy againft Rheu- 
matifms. Dofe from is t0 3 °, 4 0 > or 
Drops at a time , Morning and Night in any 
fit Vehicle. 
Volypody of the Wall . 
CHAP. DLXXI. 
The Def crip ions. 
1. t HE Names. It is called by the Ara- 
1 hints, Bisbera , as Serapio has it; by 
Avicen , Desbers , and Budeig : by others Aibeig, 
and Beffaigi : in Greek , lUrvaUhn (d Poly- 
porum c'irrhk , fays Diofcorides : or d caver - 
nofis acetabu/ii , feu arrhis Tolyporum , fays 
Pliny:) in Latine , Polypodium ; S' f ilicula 
(quafi parva I'ilix ) & Wicularis Herba: 
in Eitglijh , Polipody : fome call it Wall fern ( 
and Oak fern , (according to their places of 
growth) but then they ought to add another 
Epithite to it, and make it Great, as. Great 
Oak fern , becaufe there are fmaller which are 
properly fo called, as you may fee in Chap. 
26 o. aforegoing, of which the Polypody is no 
Species. 
II. The Kinds. We make three particular 
Species hereof, tho’ the two firll differ not 
much , one from another , but in their place 
of growth, and thefe are, 1. Polypodium , 
( and fo it is called by all Authors , ) Polypo- 
dium Murinum , Wail Polypody, or Polypody 
of the Wall. 2. Polypodium qucrcimm , vet 
quernium. Polypody of the Oak. 3. Polypo- 
dium alterum Polypodium minus. The fmaller 
Polypody. 
HI. The Jirfl or Polypody of the Wall. 
its Root is long, not a finger thick , creep- 
ing a Jlope ; on which are fecn certain little 
Buttons , like thofe Pits and Dents which ap- 
pear in the Tails of Cuttle Fillies ; which 
has a certain fweetnefs , with a Tafte J'omc- 
vibat harjh. The Leaves of this Polypody 
might be thought to be like thofe of the 
Male Fern , but that thoje are far leffcr , 
and not nickt at all on the edges. Thefe 
do prefently Spring up from the Root , be- 
ing cut in on both the edges , with many 
deep gafhes , even to the middle Rib. On the 
upper fide they are fmooth : on the under 
ftie they are lightly Pondered , as it were 
with dujly Marks. This kind of Fern (for 
it is a Species of the Fern’s ) wants not only 
Seeds and Flowers , but Stalks alfo. 
with 
IV. The fecond, or Polypody of the Oak, 
Its Root is fmaller than ohes 'little finger , ly- 
ing a Jlope , or creeping under the upper crufl 
of the Earth, or matter it grows on, brown - 
ijh on the outfide , and greenifb within , of 
a certain faeetijh harfhnefs in the Tajle ; Jet 
Volypody of the Oak. 
