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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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FINGER-WORT Wild or Ordinary.
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I. HE Nam“. It has no Griz-k Name as a-
. forefaid 5 nor. any ancient Latin Name, as
being unknown to any of the ancient Greek: or
Lilian: But our modern Authors have called it
Digitali: “which we, tender in Englifb, Fox Glove,
or Fax Finger, or Finger Wart.
II. The Kind:. This is the fecond Species, be-
ing'the common ordinary, or Field kind. " 02nt i-
nn: calls it Virga Regin major, flare par urn), alafo
AIM“. and Damqfoniwn, and Fijlula Pa] orir. Tra-
gur,calls.it Campanuln Sylelrir flare fpurfurco.
Column: thinks into be the prmeran o Dwftori-
den. And Dnlz'cbampim upon 1’1in will have it to
be Viola Cnlntbinnn Plinii, as is laid before in the
former Chapter ,‘but iris generally called Digitalis-
purpnrm Vulgarir,’ Common purp e Fox Glove. ‘
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"be”; from when: if ring up many long Md (”Nd
-Lcdf)t’!,gl)'ing 141022;! 3 Ground, dented aim! the!
7‘13“, Mitt]: fij-IJN‘ Wool! , and of a kind of n
’0‘”? sgrrcn molar”: Among .which rife up feveral
'fisilks forncrimes, andrvery often but one, baring:
flch Leaves thereon from the bottom to the middle;
.mm whenCe to the top .itLis ‘Ieplenilhd with large,l
“md long, hollow, areddifh purple flowers, a little
Pore long and eminent at;the.lower .Edge, with'
, l Q‘n3LWhitc Spots within them, one above another
and with fome [mall green Leaves at every one;
but all of them turning their Heads one way, and
hanging downwards, having fome Threads alfo in
the middle; from whence rife round Heads, point-
ed [harp at the ends, which contain within them
Iimll brown Seed. The Flower has no fmell, but
the Leaves have a bitter hot talte.
IV. The Piam. It grows in dry Sandy Ground
for the moll part, and as well on the higher as
lower places, under hedge fides, almoll in every
County of rbi: Kingdom. There is alfo n thitclVilJ
fort, defcribed in the former Chapter at 5:17. VII.
which does grow naturall about Lnn !]i[.lld' and
Craven, in a Field called aggc Clafe in the North
of England , alfo by Colcbejitr in [gym 5 and near
Exrter in the lVell: of England, and in feveral o-
ther places: Yet this Wild White kind is alfo nurli
up in Garden:, as in the former Chapter we have
declared.
V. Tb: Timer. The Flower and Flourifh in
fune and filly, but fe dom before filly; and the
Seed is Ripe in Augujt.
VI. The Qualirirr. Pbx Glcrue is hot and dry at
Ieall in the fecond Degree, Sulphureous and Saline,
Aperitive, .Abiletlive, Aiiringent, Digellive and
Vulnemry : Peftoral, Hepatick and Arthritick, Eme-
rick, Cathattick, and Analeptick.
, .VIIV'UM Specwaiiian. It Cures Confumprions,
King’s Evil, Green-[icknefs and Fallingrlickncl‘s;
; alfoWounds, old Sores and running Ulcers.
VIII. T77: Prepnrnlianr. You may have there
, Earn, 1. A Liquid juice. 2. Animate. 3. A S;'--
rup. A Decogion or Infufian. 5. An Oinmzz-nl or
; Bnlfam. 6. A Catapln ”I.
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IX. Tb: Liquid juice. It urges and cleanihs
the Lungs, Stomach and Bowe s; but ought to be
given not in too great a quantity, becauie of its vio-
lent Operation. It may be givenlrom three Spoon-
fuls to Six, in Mead or White Port Wine, accord-
ing to Age and Strength, it works lirongly both
upwards and downwards, and prevails againli the
- Scurvy, Dropfie, Iaundice, Gout, and Rhumatihat;
and is found by experience to be an excellent thing
againlt the King’s Evrl. Outwatdly applied, it
hmls any frelh or green Wound, the Leaves being
bruifed and ap lied thereto alfo. It is frequently
ufed in old an putrid Sores to cleanfe them, dry
up their moilture, and caufe a fpeedy healing.
’X. The hymn. It has all the Virtues of the
Juice, and more excellent for the fame purpofes and
intentions; halides which it rarities or attenuates
thick tough Plegm, and vifcous Humors, uliei‘tmg
the‘ Lungs, Brelt and Stomach: It cleanfes and
purges the Body both upwards and downwards,
.lreeing it both from Vifcous and Watery humors :
It opensObitruElions of Liver, Spleen, Gall and
Womb, and refills thol‘e Difwfes occaiioned thereby.
And by‘lare Ex etience, it has been found efi'ee‘tual
agaiull the R11 ing-ficknefs, for that divers have
been .abfolutely Cured thereby. Dole from two to
hit Spoonfuls or more, according to Age and Strength ,
in the Morning faliing, to be given in any proper
Vehicle. . - '
'tXl. 17M Syrup, or Rob if the fair! of IIJL' Her];
and Flower: made with one). It is a Specifick
which tranfcends all other Vegetable Medicaments
for the Cure of Confumption55‘clennlingand heal-
ing after an admirable manner Ulcers of the Lungs.
it opensthe ObfiruE‘tionsof all the VrEera, cleanles,
carries Off, 01' expels the recrements of the iiumors,
by which means the daily Nurrrment may be con-
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