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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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Chap. 307. 3‘ V Eazglearlr '
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does fo powerfully by're'afon of ,itstehement at-
traEliveforce, that 'it perfeEtly frees the Patient from
all manner oi"D.mger. But this will be the more
eifeEiuallyfdone, it" at the fame time, the Patient
being laid in his Bed takes alfo a large Doib‘of the
Juice or Effence; and fo Swans upon it. Laid tip-
on a Gout or Sciatim, from what. Caufe foever,
and often renewed,'-'as occalion r uires, it-draws
forth the whole Morbifick Caufe an Ell’ence of the
'Difeal‘e -, iti which Diiiempers it performs more
than'moli other Vegetables, re uted the molt eflica-
cious; it not only mfes the ain at prefenr, but if
it has made any lleps to the Stomach, or has indeed
aifeEled it, it recalls back the Humor, and draws it
forth thro’jlie Pores ofthe Skin. A plied to any
lace in which there is an Prick, Sp inter, Thorn,
Ewen-Shot, bits of bro en Bones, it powerfully
loofens them, attraEts and draws them forth. Being
applied to any PlagueSore, Bubo, Phlegmon, or
other Tumor-which is pomble to come to Suppura-
tion, it adds Heagbtinging on the Maturation,to Ad-
miration ;- and after it is broken, being yet applied,
if draws forth all the Malignity and Poifon of the
Plague in a Pei’tilential Bubo, and. in other Apo-
lierns,;the putrid and other Offending Matter which
replmts them. . > ' 9 i ,
1 .XVll. The dijiilled Water. It has the Virtues of
the Juice, Ellence and DecoEiion, but'in a much
inferior degree, and therefore may be ufed as a V:-
bimlzmz to convey thofe Medicines in, to fuch Per-
fons, and in fuch Conliitutions where Wine would
be.too.hot: . But as this Water is drawn off fiomia
.veryhogfubtil'and fpirituous Rbot,full‘ of a'volatile
Salt,- fo it contains more of Life, Flame and Spirit
init, than is in molt other fimple and cold diliilled
Waters. .,
,XVIHL'IjbeuArid Tritium This is more ow-
etfullyiagainli the Plagueand all peftilentia and
contagious Diiiempers than any of the former inter-
nal Preparations ;>for this deltroys the Ell'ence of
the Poifon and Malignity in its Root ; and is of
great Force and Efiiatcy againli the Bitipgs‘ofSe’r-
ents, .mad‘ Dogs, and 'other venomous Creatures.
isofe iixty Drops at a time, two or three times a
day "in an proper Vehicle. -
. XIX. t Oily Tinilurt. Anointed upon an
Part full of Aches org-Pains from a 'cold. and mo' t
‘ Caul'e it gives prefent enfe: it is alfo good againit
the “leunds or Punftures of the Nerves and Ten.
dons, .forit prefentlyafes the Pain, prevents Con-
vullions, and induces .1 fpeedy Cure,. Anointed
down the’Back-bone, and u on the PartsaffeEted
t'vith‘ Trembling, Numbedne s, ,Pallies and Convul-
iions,;it.fuddenl gives Relief, and in-a fhort time
hafmia perfe& ure,‘ if the Medicine is well rubbed
into the Parzs'aliiiited for almoli half an hour,twice
a day; and is continued in like manner for fome con-
frderable. time, provided the Inyeteraey of .the Di-
fetfe, Wetknefs, and great Age of the Patient hin-
ders not. . '
. XX. 1Tlie Salim T012711”. It is gQOd againlt
. Worms in the Skin, Lentils, Freckles, Pim les,rand
OKhCLBrenkings out : it kills Lice and its in the
god-and, Hair , . and is lingulat againlt Tettars,
ngworms,‘ Herpes,,Scabbinefs, Scutlf, Morphew,
Black andBlevimei's of the Skin left afterContuli-
0355‘ the Leprofy, running Ulcers of the Herd, com-
. “bull called a Scald Herd, and all other Manginefs
Whatibever,3'tlie Parts zifi'eEted being well bathed
therewith twice a day 1., .I ' 4 .
"'XXIHTIJ: S iritr, 'It isvery fubtil and full of
Volatile Pattie es ;:,of extraordinary ,llfe' againlt
farming and fwooni’ng H lietick Fits, Vapors, 0b“
‘nglons of the Lungs, ughs, Colds, Surfeitings,
Cohcksand ,Convul Rim of the Bowels : it expels
409
Wind, cafes Griping, heals Excoriations of the
Guts, and very much facilitates the Delivery of
Women in Labor, forcing away both Birth and
After-birth. Dole from two Diams to four in any
tit Vehicle
XXIIJ Rt, Elixir. It has all the Virtues of the
Spirit but more fubtil and powerful to all the
fame mentions, and may be given twice a day, viz.
Morning and Night, or thrice a day, according as
the Cafe may require. Dole half an Ounce, more
or lefs, in any proper Vehicle. It is laid to be a
Specihck againli Jau‘ndice and Dro fy ; as alfo a-
gamli an inveterate Wheezing and [Floarlhefs
C H A P. cCcvnr. ’7
0f G A‘ R'L I c K Vipers.
I. H E Names. It is called in Griek, ’me-
UM. 1!, ’Orwn‘y-Ibr : in Latin, Opbiafmrodm,
Allium Anguimmr, Allimrz Vipirinum 5 in Engli ,
Vt er: Garlick. L ,. -
I. The Kind:. It is the fecond Species of Gar-
lick, and is a fmgular Plant of the kind; called by
fome Authors, Smrodoerm :anwlm aspire, Leek
Garlick, with a bulbed and twining Hm . -
Ill. The Defcription,‘ ‘If 174:7? great and, whirl
Roar, conli ing if .mny' Clover; much like to
Garden Gar ick, which 157:5]! laji rung lbzm Gari
lick, yr partaking jimmb'ur ofLee s, : wlmmr came
'rbe latter Name d Scorodopralfum, a: Diofcorides
jizyr. From this Root fprings up a Stalk, three or
four Feet high, and fometimes higher, actording as
the Soil is in Goodnefs: it. has alfo many Leaves,
er Imuch than thofe of Common Gardm-Gurlick,
an almol’t like thofe of v Leeks, which grow from
the bottom of theStalk to themiddle thereof, having-
a Smell between that of Leak: and that of Garlicki
The reli of the Stalk is naked, green, fmooth and
almoli (hitting, having at the top thereof a large
Head, compofed of many Bulbs, (not much unlike
to the Indian Maly ) covered with a whitifh thin
Skin, ending in along teen Point, which grows a-
bove it growing fma let and linaller to the end:
which Skin, by the Growth of the Bulbs, being
broken, they fhew themfelves at thelfirli ofa pur-
plifh color, but afterwards, as, they grow riper, of
a whitilh color; among which are, alfo fome Flow-‘
ers..- The Head, with the, top of the Stalk, at the
lirli, does wind or twine it felf fo, that in form
fort it reprefents a Viper, Snake or Serpent; which,
when the Bulbs grow to Ripenefs, does by little
ari'd'little untwine it felf again, and bears its Head.
upright."
:IV. "122' Plam. It grows with us only in Gar:
dens, and is the Allin”: Sari-yum vel Horten’ft Diofa.
taiidii,‘ and the Scorodaprglum fttundum Clujiie‘
iti‘s‘r’nore ready'to part into loves than the. Common.
Girlie” Garlick ; and by plantlng the fame, it is
encreafed. . .
1.,sz Timer. It howers in fun: and fuly, and
the Seed ripens not long after. ‘ , .
VI. The Qualifier, Speci ration, Pr: trillion: and
szm, are the fame witirthofe o the 071mm: .
Garlitk. . ’
“ilggg' ‘CHAP.