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Show QAQ COMMON ELM. Dr. scorbutic affections, and for the cure of herpes and lepra. and dry both ns, eruptio ate inveter of cases five s Lysons mention ully humid, or those forming incrustations, which were successf ounces treated by a decoction of this bark, prepared from four of one: to of it taken fresh, and boiled in two quarts of water The day. a this the patients were directed to drink a pint twice to body was kept open, and a few grains of nitre were added Pharrgh Edinbu the of the ptisan. Itis admitted bythe authors as they macopecia, who do notdeny its efficacy in leprosy; but, ! observe, such a remedy requires a very patient trial ed for To receive benefit from the elm bark it must be continu very a with us ed favour has m Lettso Dr. some months; and a where 203), p. ii. vol. Trans. Med. (in leprosy striking case of more Ayet failed. had remedy other every after cted cure waseffe by Banace remarkable instance of its efficacy in leprosyis related of this use the es (in Journ. de Paris 1783, n. 255), who propos scald ons, affecti remedy in old ulcers, cancerous and scrophulous It on. attenti merit ons head, scurvy, &c. These recommendati cases. ic has been found of use in some nephrit difficult to Coffins are composed of this wood, as being very ion to proport in e, distanc a at kept corrupt. These will be eur proper knowledgeof plants. YELLOW GENTIAN. NAS NY AN r sENTIANA TIT LUTEA. a Class V. Pentandria. Order IT. Digynia. ‘oroll, FA hats as Essent, Ger. CHar, Corolla monopetalous: Capsule two-valved, onecelled: Reeentacles yc 7 elled: Recept itudi two, longit udinal. Spec. Cuar. C orolla at y icil | ply five-cleft, rotate, verticillate: Calyx a spatha. deeply fiv o-clef a— DESCRIPTION. ‘ i? : , plant rises two or threefeet in height. The stemis strong, smooth, erect. TI i i The Jeaves which arise from the lower part of n, erect h stem the are .spea spe r-s] a the upper , aH those from Pi large, ribbed shaped mor ovate, smooth , , sessile. part are large, yelThe flowers a“t more 45 ty calyx wi jn whorls, produced din OW, ag (90! and stand on a footstalk. The 5 a Spathe thicl : = . 5 of patha, which drops. ‘The corollais dividedinto five or six T HE ple Seg Ments. ie Sed rises hn fur toys Wits pistil has no style, but two reflexed stigmata. 1€ capsule is conical. : HIS RGR N. rentian is Breen nes . 5 - perennial plant, which grows upon the Alps, oe » Appenines, and other mountainous situations in the “mperate parts of Europe. R2 |