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Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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. atica; difcuKes Tumors ariii‘ng' from limpleiCon-
tulions, abfo'rbs acid Humorsjurking' in the Skin
andecarf-skiu, and takes aiiiay Deiormrties there-
of; as Sc'urlf, Morphew, Leproly, 'Yellownefs, and
other Difcolorings of rho Skin. : g 3:.
XXII. The Subfiitmion‘of theRoch, Apothect:
ties, favs Parkirybn, do moi? ufually take the Root
of this Will! Camber, as a Subilitute for the Root
, of Coloquimiju'or the bittrr 602ml, that'not being
f0 fr uent, or to eafy to be had as this is. 8 - .
’ II. The Cam [.gfm J11): Leaver. :yI‘t has all
the Virtues of the taplalin of theRoot,-but' -not
full but lb eifeftual, bemui‘e the Leayes haye notthe
fame Strength With the Root: yet, notwithlland-
ing, it is an excellent thing for the Pu ofes intend-
>ed,‘ exceeding many other things of 1i ekind." It
cleanfcs the ,Skin‘ from Difcolorings and many other
Deformitie's.‘ 1119'," 1" i .
' XXIV. The Catupiufm qftbr Leave: with GM:-
Drmg. If , it is laid 'uplon any hard ,Tumors, Swel-
lings or‘ Kernels,-‘ the "as are thol'e of the Kings-
Evil, it'refolves them -,‘ . and alfo cafes Pains 'of the
Gout in‘what'p'art of the 'Body'foever 5 and refills
the PuttefaElion‘ofmalign'lllcersi' ' I-' , A
‘8 XXV.‘-Grem Elaterium, of (be Izrfpillhle Juice
of 'tbe' Cucumber, ' Take Wild Cuttimbert Ethnoil ripe,
- open them on one iide, and take or f ueeze out their
thinner Juice "and 'Seeds,‘ which‘ rain 'Eftom‘ the
seeds, 'tei‘etvir‘x'g the Juice: then beat the tell of. the
' Cucumber“ grofsly in a Ma‘tblefMomr ; put all into
8385 , and in a Prefs force forth all the Juice. put
this uice'to, the former,- which put into a Retort,
and in a gentle Sand-heat draw forth all'the Water,
, (which keep for. a Cofmetick ;' ) continue the lid
gentle Heat 'till the Magma is plerfeElly' dry’d;
then break the Retort, take. forth t e Matter, and
keep it in a Jar-Glafs, , tyed clofe over with a wet
Bladder, for life. If Y9“, have no Retort, and care
not for keeping the Water; on may evaporate it to
drynefs over the fame gent e Sandthat in an open
fiat-bottomed Glafs, often flirting it, (to break the
Skum) that it may evaporate the better, which
then take and preferve in a Jar-Glafs, as before. It
has the Virtues, of the following, but notfullout
foilrong, and therefore [may'be' given in double
Dofe to it, viz. from 6 grains to 20 or 24, in any
convenient Vehicle. ’Tis,,notwithlianding its being
weaker than the following, ,a 'moil: noble'Medim-
. IzuiM‘l ,'
ment. I ' . . ,
5 XXVI. Elaterium album, The white or comma
Elaterium, which is indeed the‘ltrongeli and'beft.‘
It is thus made : Take inld Cucumber: almofl-ripe,
open them with a Knife u wards, prefs'out the
Juice gently with your fore Fin ers let it'tun thro’
:tSieve into a clean glaz’dV e1, iet it fettle, and
dem'nt the clear Water into another Veifel : their
dry,the, Settlings in the Sun,’ and in a'Jar-Glaifs;
Eyed clofe over with a Bladder,-keep the Elatm'm
or Ufe.'13ee our Pbarmampa'ia, Malina-fit, ' lib. r.
011,6. 21322. ' If you plmfe, you may-keep the
clear atcr for Unguezimm Artum'm.’ "Some Au.’
thors ihy, that this Elaterimzt will keep' two hun-
dred Years, and yet' be of wonderful Virtue, Vix,
‘Oedo: others, as Paraceyur, lay it 'remins its Vir-
tueswellfiftineats, at which Age it will; be f0 1‘-
bundantttn Humidity, that put to the Flame of a
Lamp or Candle, - it will put it out : but Diquoridu
' f-ll's if is. good from‘two Years old until ten, and l
that that is' the belt which being ut to the Flame
of a Candle, ‘will nukejtbum It)he more bright;
Tlnglythjiw luS Eldtcriutrt is green, (which is, as
. I fuppofe, the former I"filiil’dte-‘Juice of the. 01:11:71-
Ilir: ). szyitaridr: his Elarerium is white, which is
the Flfllld of the Juice, as is taught in this SeElion,‘
gum will contimie moiil many Years, after it is co
vaporated and dryed‘ up hard, relenting or giving
with the Air, fo thatit requires :1 ion time to con.
fume its-Humidity tj‘wherets the writ: ibrt being
once dryed, will remain 'white, hard and dry for a,
great number of Yarsyunlefs it is left open in a
moiit Air, or [land in a’moill place: This (chit:
Elattrim works very well, being given from r to
5' grains, in itrong Bodies 5 Authors fry it ma be
given to to grains. -'Parkiry2m frys, that ha f a.
grain being put intoa purging Medicine, to quicken
it,-‘has, oftentimes been feen to trouble the Stomach,
with very much dil' uiet, and vomiting, and working
alfo‘downwards wit more Violence than it could be
thou ht that double the quantity could do. Dig]-
rari r: fays the Dol'e is from half an 0.50111: toa
whole Obalar. Now, the 05011:: is 10 grains, or 12
at the molt, as fome take it; which ihews the large
Dofes which'the‘Ancicnts gave of this Medicine,
which we dare fcarcely. follow. it urges Choler
and Flegm from all parts of the y, andxltives
forth warty Humors to a Miracle, being an extract-
dinary thin to ope'n' the Pipes of fuch as are Purfy
and ihort Vinded‘z,E and is indeed a Specifick for
the Cure of the Dropfy, cfpecially of that kind ml-
led Sarciter'or Aanarta.- When on give it'fot
Purging, it ma be iven mixt with ilk, or rather
Cram, beau e the nEluoiity thereof will not fuf.
fer it to [lick to the‘Tuniclesof the Stomach but
caufe it to purge of the more 1' eedily. I you
would have it to‘ Vomit, Diqfcm' e: advifes to dill.
folve it in Water, and with a Farther dipt therein,
to touch the lower part of the Tongue, as low as
you an ;> but in in Opinion, it is much better 'to
take the whole Do e down into the Stomach. It is
a prevalent thing againil the Megrim, Hmd-ach,
Cams,>Lethargy,-Vettigo, A plexy, E ilepfy, be-
ing ufedfometrmes as an Err ine, difi'o ved in Wa-
ter or Milk; and fomdtimes taken inwardly to both
Vomit and Purge.- And thus when it is find alfo
to.cure the Kingsevil; the Parts aifeEled being :-
nomted likewil‘e withgit outwardly. ,lt provokes
the Courts in Women where they have been.long
110 t, and ye tnuch prevails againil the Green-
iic. nets in Virgins; It is fo (irong and forcible, that
it is find to‘ kill the Child in the Womb, fo that‘a
Woman impregnated mull by all means avoid it ;,
butthists more efpecially to be underflood, being
. applied, in a' Pellfrry or Ointment to the Womb. It;
genres the Gout in airy Part,‘by its lh'ong Cathartick
iFaculty, carrytng o the tartarous, vifcous or clam-'
[my Humors'from the Joints which breed it. The
;common‘Dole is, 6‘ gr. i. 111v. and to v Ilrong‘
iPerfons 4 gr. iii. ad x. well correfled with utmeg;
Spicknard, Anrfeeds,‘ Li uorice-pouder,Uc. It curei
.Althmas, Jaundice curvy and Hypochondriack
Melancholy. . Mire with 0x Gall and applied, it
helps the Qumfey and Gout, and clmrs the Skin of
,ScurE‘Morphew, Tettars, Ringwonns, Mange, Itch,
;Pufhe Sm s, and other like Deformities.
3 ‘ XX ll. Tb: diliillrd iVllerfrom Rom- or Filll?‘
If to eye graft ,ofit you add“ amount? 4‘ jinn N"
in, dimzpmg it over a gentle Hm, itfbecomG 5"
VexceilentCofrnetiek to beautify. and clearvthe Skin
2ofan ‘ Deformity, being two or three times a (151.7
or o titer laid on, and futfered to dry in, after it 53
hilhmwell 1pleanfed with fair warm Water. “[115
, a isia 0 meme ent thin a 'ainli anE 1 I ”4"
or harbony’s-jire, ‘the' Partsigiigc‘ted beingdbqihedl
therewith, and Cloths wetltherein being laid 01”,
:and fo fuileted to dry upon thevPart. , 'It abates In-'
.liammations, and being git‘en inwardly, (well fweet-
1ned;w1thwhiteSugar) it cools and'abates, the m0
Qi‘iolent‘HmtiofEl‘evers "Parts affected with the;
. and-this is that which Illtfzzc iliys Is the belt.“ '17)?
:Gomiii' king W611 ' bathed: therewirliMorning‘and'
- , Evening,