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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. 354. Engli J Helix
‘ Beait which is wounded Wlth the fame :- et'it is
certain, that the Flelh of the Beaitfo kil ed is not
at all poiionous, but very fafe, and eats more ten-
der than it'it had been orherwiie killed, more efpe-
cially ifit be kept for a Day and Night, ’ j .
> XII. The Ponder of [be Herb or Root: ‘ Mixt with
'Chcei'e or Bacon-fat, and put‘i proper places for
Rats and Mice, it kills them, i they eat it. Mixt
with Pouder of Liquorice, and iirewed upon foul
filthy Ulcers, ‘it cleanfes them, dry; in fome mea-
fure, .(if skilfully applied) and-difpofts them for
healing, which may afterwards with proper Incarna-
tives and Ulceratives, be perfeE‘ted. ‘ ,
Xlll. The Oil or Ointment if the flaiee, or green
Herliior Root: ' It kills Lice and ,Ver'mine, if the
Head or any part of the Body, ‘ in which Lice and
Vermine breed; be anointed therewith, it quickly
killsthem,‘nnd frees the Patient from the lime.
XIV. T be Deeofiion‘or Lye of tbe Rooli, Leaver
‘ for Seed. If it is a iimple Detection, it is then made
"in iimple fair Water only : but if it is a Lye, it is V A
made in a fmall Lixivimn of Pot-afhes. It clmnlies
, the Head and other Parts from Morphew, ScurE,
Dandriii', Scabs, Itch, Pimples,‘ Tettars, Ringworms,
Leprof , and other like Breakings out, the-Parts af- , .
feEted eing bathed thereWithx ' I
' XV. The dijiilled Water,
" the Eyes, it takes away the Inflammation or Red-
nefs in them‘; ali‘o clears ‘ them from any Haw, or
Pin and Web, growing in ,or‘upon them. ' .The time
thing is faid of the Juice; but [fear it is dange-
' mus, and if it isufed to the Eyes, it mull be done
" with much Caution, and by fuch as have Judgment
and Skill, and not by Fools. It ought to be mix;
with a lhfiicient quantity of Damask-Rafe Water,
both to allay its Heat, and to take‘oE the Violence
of its Operation.
' XVI. 'To Curefncb n4 ere Poijbned herewith. The . ,
‘ iirli thing you are to do,‘ is to gitie an Emetick, as
two, three, four, Eve or fix Grains of Emetrck Tar-
tar; from half an Ounce to an Ounce or Ounce and
halfof Infufian qf Crow: Metallartmz, or Vinum
.Benediflmn,‘ or Vrnmn Antimaniale, or a'Dofe of a-
ny other proper Emetick which you' have at hand,
. topottioning the Doha Iaccording to Age and
gtrengtll. The next thing you are to do, is to ex-
’ hibit Catharlielc Cly'lier: -, or this following, if the
‘ Patient is weak: Fake PqJeI-drink or Mutton-broil)
a Pint, brown Sugar four Ounect : mix, melt or dy-
‘. hive, and exhibit it warm. , ' Thisis‘tobe done, that .
'the Body be eiieEtually, and as foon asmdy be, dif-
charged of 'the Poifon ; :which being performed,
Cordial: and‘Anridote: are to be given, the one to
defend the Heart, ‘ prehetve and'keep up the Vital
and Animal Spirits; the. other to enetvate and de-
ltroy the force and power of the Poifon; for the Exit
-‘ Spirit or TinEtute, to he mixt and given with fome
‘. noble and generous Wine. The Antidotes we aim-
. mend in this Cafe, are,‘jl1itbridate, Venice Treaele, ,
the Antidote in out Phylaxa; or forwant of them, .
to drink a Decofiion in Wine of Origanunz, Penny'-
’ ‘ royal, Savory, Snge,.Soutbernwood, Wormwood, Gen-
:mn, leter: Cinnamon; EleiI. Dioeraron is good, ' , L
fo alfo is a mixture of Cajioreunz, Pepper,’Cubeb: ; '
and Rue,‘ of each a like quantity, being 171 nne Pon-
der, and ”met up with Honey into a 80111:. Perm:
‘ Aponenfu commends at Dram or two of Terra Len;-
nza robe taken m warm Drink or Wine, but above
all he fays, that Artjiolocbia longa is the moit efpe-
cml Antidote or Remedy a ainit all Aconitet. Avi-
een has an Antidote againl .this Poifon, which is
'made- of the Hy which feeds upon this Poifonous
.I’Ianthwhich he found to be very cffeEiual, not on-
Being (dropped into a
of thefe, we commend our Aqua Bezenitim, Tinc’lu- ' i 3
m Bezanrtiea,‘ ‘0! fome other'hke Cordial Water, '
50 5 .
lyv againlt other Poifons, but chiefly againii that of
Anpellm‘or Helherflozter, and Poifon of the T11-
mnmln. 1F. is thus made: Take Arijiolorbia longa,
hire Bole, web infine ponder, a Dram , Flier which
m1 upon the Nopellu: number’ twenty : make afint
Ponder, and mix them : Dole a Drum at a time in
a Glafs of Wine Guainerim his Antidote is this :
Take Byvllenrzer, Terra Leznnid, both in jine ponder,
Milfm HIE,‘0f‘ earl) two 0mm: 5 Hie: which have
feti upon A’apellut number twenty four in ponder:
mtx‘ them, and with a fulfieient quantity of Honey
and 01l,’771r1h‘ [an Bottom. Dofe from a Dram to
two Drams at a time, with a Glal's of generous
Wine. But the true Ahtidote againlt this Poifon is
the Anthem or Antilbora in the Chapter following,
of which we fhall there fpeak more largely.
, ‘C’ H, ‘A VP. CCCLIV..
0f-HELMET.-FLOWER Alexi-i
‘ ‘ ‘ r, . pharmick, '
; VI ‘ o, R,
g M o NiK .3.--H.0 o D .Antidotal.
1.. , HE‘JVQHZI. it iscalled in Greek, Arming;
‘ m Utzn,‘ Aniipbtltora‘or Antitbara, but molt
commonly, for Shortnefs fake, Anthem, (.35 being
the 0 oiite or Antidote to We!" Helmet-flower or
Wool; 1-. one: ) in‘Englifly, Helmet-flower Alexipborf
nm . 2 . '
II. The Kindt. It is a iingular Plant of the Kind,
and is called by the Pientantoife, Anthem,- unfiAn-
titbom, that is, the Remedy againlt the oifonful
Herb Tbora : Avicenna, the Arabian calls it No-
pellm Aloyji: in lib; 2. cap; goo. and in mp. 745.
calls it Zedoaria, by which it is mamfeff that this
Zedoaria Avicenna: is not our amnion Zedom'a or,
T t Zerwnberb