symptoms of phthisis pulmonalis; and who was completely cured by means of the Semina Phellandrii 
aquatici, which he took for two months, without interruption. 
There is a note added to this case by Dr. Hufeland, the editor of the journal from which this account 
has been translated, where he says, that he also derived great benefit from the same remedy. 
Dr. Hargens, of Kiel, likewise states that it relieves consumptive symptoms; and as it is a native of 
our own country, we wish to direct the attention of British practitioners to it, as a remedy worthy of trial, 
and one that can be readily obtained. Should any one be disposed to make use of it, it ought to be borne 
in mind that those of the umbelliferous plants which are possessed of active narcotic properties, possess 
them in an increasing ratio, with their moist or shady situations. 
The seeds also were employed by the ancients in calculous complaints ; and have been highly extolled 
by Heister, Ernsling, and others among the moderns, as possessing valuable diuretic, antiseptic, and ex- 
pectorant powers. When taken in large doses, they appear to produce, though not very actively, the 
ordinary effects of the narcotic poisons; and on this account we have thought proper to figure the plant 
in our work. Wepfer has related several cases of poisoning by it; but it appears probable that the Cicuta 
virosa was mistaken for it. Linnaeus asserts that the horses in Sweden are seized with palsy by feeding on 
the Water-Hemlock: to the cow, however, it is wholesome, and she being guided by her faculties of 
smelling and tasting, feeds upon it unhurt; but that its noxious qualities are attributable to the larva of a 
small coleopterous insect, Curculio paraplecticus, L. [Lixus par aplecticus, of Fabricius and Latreille,) which 
is found in its stalks. The effects respecting this insect are now admitted to be fabulous. 
It is, indeed, wisely arranged by God that the plants designed for pasture are not equally inviting to 
all his creatures: were not this the case one animal would deprive another of food, and the necessity of 
affording a sufficient supply of the same kind of plant to so great a number of animals would prevent that 
display of variety in the vegetable kingdom which now affords so much opportunity for research and ad- 
miration. The various objects of nature are not placed before us that we may extend our hand to gather 
them, and, without any thought or pains, to receive from them all their advantages: but to man are given 
intellectual powers to study, and bodily strength to labour for the extension of their value. All that is 
necessary to be known respecting our destiny for a future world is revealed with great plainness by the 
Scriptures ; but for our comfort in this world we are required to exert the capacities with which we are en- 
dowed in order to make the requisite discoveries. We may remark, in favour of cultivation, that even the j 
soils most friendly to vegetation commonly become by it more productive as the nature of the product is 
rendered more valuable. In every important attainment each one of us should endeavour to leave the 
world better than we found it, that, even as regards others, we may not have lived in vain. 
Dose. — Of the powdered seeds, from gr. xv. to 3fi> and upwards. 
