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Show 2 o32 FLAX. remains after the expression of the oil, contains the farinaceous and mucilaginous part.of theseed, andis used in fatteningcattle under the name of oil-cake. <3 a ——— “x i » ee. MEDICAL USE. Linseed is emollient and demulcent. The entire seeds are used in cataplasms. The infusion is much employed as a pectoral drink, and in ardor urine, nephritic pains, and during the exhibition of corrosive sublimate. Linseed abounds with a quantity of oil and mucilage. It yields its mucilage to water; and infusions of it, sweetened with sugar or honey, or prepared with the addition of some liquorice root, prove good and useful remedies in coughs and rheums; and the oil got by expression may be used as other mild oils. Bergius recommends this oil as a good remedyin the iliac passion and volvulus. It is much employed in manufactures of different kinds. PREPARATIONS. Cure For A RECENT Covcn ann Co tp. Put a large tea-cupful of linseed, with a quarter of a pound of sun raisins and two ounces of stick liquorice, into two quarts of soft water, and let it simmer overa slow firetill reducedto one quart; add to it a quarter of a pound of pounded sugar- candy, a table-spoonful of old rum, and a table-spoonful of the best white wine vinegar or lemon-juice. The rum and vinegar should be added as the decoction is taken; for, if they are put in at first, the whole soon becomes flat, and less efficacious. The dose is half a pint, made warm, on going to bed; and a little may be taken whenever the cough is troublesome. The worst cold is generally cured by this remedy in two or three days; and, if taken in time, is considered infallible. Liniment or Lime Warer, or Liyseep Orn witn Lime (Linimentum Aque Calcis, sive Oleum Lini cum Calce. E.) (Linimentum Calcis. D.) Takeof linseed oil (olive oil, D.); lime water, of each equal parts (three ounces, by measure, D.): Mix them (by shaking them together. D.) This liniment is extremely useful in cases of scalds or burns, being singularly efficacious in preventing, if applied in time, the FLAX. inflammation subsequent to these ; or even in removing it after it has come on. It is also a species of soap, and might be called soap of lime, although it probably contains a great excess of oil. To press Frax ro Look LIKE SILK. Take one part lime, and between two and three parts of wood ashes; pour over them a due proportion of water to make a strong ley after they have stood together all night, which must be poured off when quite clear. Tie handfuls of flax at both ends, to preventits entangling, but let the middle of each be spread open, and put it in a kettle, on the bottom of which hasfirst been placed a little straw, with a cloth over it. Then put another cloth over the flax, and so continue covering eachlayer of flax with a cloth, till the kettle is uearly full. Pour over the whole the clear ley ; and, after boiling it for some hours, take it out, and throwit in cold water. This boiling, &c. may be repeated, if requisite. The flax must be eachtime dried, hackled, beaten, and rubbedfine ; and, at last, dressed through a large comb, and then through a very fine one. Bythis process the flax acquires a bright and soft thread. The tow which is beaten off, when papered up and combedlike cotton, is not only used for many of the same purposes, but makeslint for veterinary surgeons, &c. |