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Show '536 Zn EXPLANATION oft/he TERMS of Alvin Vmiga, a fwimming of the head, when objects feem to turn round. Verica, a Bladder; Thus there is the vain ca urz'nfiria, the urinary bladder 5 mos}m bz'lidria, the gall-bladder, 87h. Vesim difli/[zzthrr'm 3 Still. Vtfimzéria, medicines to raife bliflers. Vigi/ra, watching. Vincetbxicum, Swallow~wort The root is alexipharmac and fudorific, and is commended againf'r malignant difeafes. The defe in powder is halfa dram. Vinum album, white wine or mountain. Vz'num Cmmri/mm, Sack. Vim/71 ruérum, red port. M'IJZIm‘rbmrim/m, Rhenilh wine, properly l ‘1: ufed, is one o." the greateft cordials in the world, and in low nervous and hof- pital fevers it performs wonders, it firengthens the offing, helps digcftion, chears the fpirits, invigorates the blood, and aflifls nature in performing all her funflons. Rhenifh and new wines mutt be ufed with caution. Viola, Violets. The flowers are moiflening, n l rig, and relaxing, and good againft dil‘orders of the lungs. Half an ounce of the {yrup is a gentlelaxativefor children. l'iptra, the Viper. The flefh is look'd upon as a great i'ef'torative, and is account‘ ed good in the leprofy, French-pox, kings~evil, and inveterate ulcers. The broth oi'lialf a one or more may fetve a day. The (Kc/e of the flefli is laid to be half a drum, but it may be eaten more freely. Two drops of the gall given internally promotes a l'woat. Outwardly grofs phlegm, and firengrhens the fibrca. A decoétion of it ufed for five or fix weeks will cure the dropfy afcz'trs. An ounce or an ounce and a halfis enough for a quart of water. U/mfirz'a, Mcadow-fweet. (fin/zilirdlzifuniculus, the Navel-(hing. It IS about the thicknefs of one's finger, and confifls of the z‘zracbur, two arteries, and one vein ; as alfo a fpongiom body, which ferves to defend them. Uilebilicur, the navel. Vu'mi'ca, a tubercle in the lungs full of pus or matter, and included in its proper membrane. Uracbur. This is one of the umbilical vet'fels, and is very leldom pervious in a humanfartur, but is generally like a {olid ligament Ureidret, the Ureters. Thefe are two membranaceous and almofl cylindric canals, about the thicknefs of a goofe-quill, which are extended from each kidney to the bladder. UrDt/Jra. This is a membranaceous and almoh‘. cylindric canal, continued from the neck of the bladder to the end of the giant, and ferves to tranfmit the urine and femen. Urina, Urine: Urlira major 'zxu/gdris, the common nettle. U777": Romzlm, the Roman nettle. The juice of nettle {tops {pitting of blood, bleeding at the nofe, too great a flux of the piles. It is likevife ofufe in the bloody flux, the whites, the jaundice, and moift afihma. The daft is from two ounces to fOur a little warm. Drank as it is good to deterge the eye. A dram of tea it is recommended againft the rlieu« the fat will lilacwife cauie a fweat. matifm, gout, and gravel. Droptinto the rye two or three times Utz'rm , the womb, is a part in women, a day, it will mks away films that ohbetween the intcfii'zzum rrflimi and {eatcd flrufl the light. the bladder. It is hollow) of the {hape Vz'rga azT/rm, Golden rod. The leaves are of a flatted pear, and defigncd for the detergent and fli‘engthen the tone of generation of the farm. the elf/ism. They are ufeful in difficulty ofurine, thegravel, nephritic colic, Vu/m'nirm, medicines againfi wounds and ulcers. and beginnig of a imply. The o'cfe in , I/ulmzs, a wound. powder is two drains. U'vu/a , This is a round and almolt com: Fife: five Efrem, the entrails. The heart, of part polleri the at feated part, cal or liver, fpleen, lungs. 57}. are fo call‘d. the palate over the root of the tongudy Vlfms garner, Mihetoe of the oak. between the two tonlils. It is of the l'z'ri/Fgo, the Ntorphew. \Vhitifh (pots, lize of the firit joint of a child's fingtr' rough to the touch, which ffllofliin aud is pendulous from the Wi'lisI/‘lfflia‘ iceles. (from. 2"th'im'zrm album, white Vitriol. 2. 1"z'li'iJ/m)! r‘rz‘rzll_rii7;, blue or Roman vitriol. Viola/um rim-111's, green vitriol or copperas. I'm"; m‘,,?/§,-;) the Vine. Zrdoirr'a, Zedoary, a root. Zixzibrr , Ginger. I d115, an ulc< Z}g217ia, is tl‘i? 05 fulfil-It's, r" ted about the l Max, the le-tree. The bark lflLlLlé‘S‘ F I temples. |