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Show COMMON HEMLOCK. got, in October 1769, 7:5 per cent. of inspissated juice, and ia May of the same -year only 3:7; on the contrary, in August 1768, 4 per cent., and in May 1770, 6:5; but, in general, the product in the autumn months wasthe greatest. Haller disapproves of gathering the hemlock in the autumn, when its virtues are greatly extracted by the seeds, and says it has mostefficacy in the spring. This observation merits all the attention such authority deserves. —— Fe Ss = sassfi .| aa: » NeesaS gre: et a3 Ss r ye 322 PRESCRIPTIONS. k,. 1. Takeof the inspissated juice of hemlock, three grains; compound powder of tragacanth, one drachm: Rub them together, and divide into six equal parts, of which take one twice a dayat first, then four times a day, gradually increasing the dose. This is to be given in inward and outward cancers, chronic rheumatism, exhausting by pain, dry irritating cough, vomica: and half the dose to children in thelast stage of the hooping cough, accompanied with a hectic look, and much fever; but not in any mild case of this disease, as it seldom proves under such circumstances fatal, unless injudiciously treated with this poison. R,. 2. Takeof the inspissated juice of hemlock, one drachm ; the dried herb hemlock, in powder, as much as is sufficient to produce a mass to form pills: Makeinto thirty pills, of which take one or more twice a day, gradually increasing them each day as may be required. SAMBUCUS NIGRA. Class V. Pentandria. Order III. Trigynia. Essent, Gen. Cuan. Calyx five-parted: Corolla five-clef t: Berry three. seeded, Spec, BC, CHar, C . : : Cyme five-partite Leaves pinnate ¢ Stem arboreous, im EE ployed in the same diseases as the last; also in cases of high scorbutic acrimony. R,. 3. Take of the dried herb hemlock, chamomile flowers, of each one ounce; boiling water, a pint: DESCRIPTION. I; tises to the height of a small tree, It is much branched towards the top. The young shoots arefull of pith, the old ones without any. The leaves are pinnated, consisting of two or three pair of pinne, with an odd one at the end. The flowers are sweet-smelling, white, and produced on large flat umbels or clusters, These do not proceed from a regular centre, there- Boil for ten minutes, and add to the strained juice linseed meal, as much as may besufficient to make a cataplasm, to be applied warm to the affected part, passing over it little oil, and renewed twice a day. For an open cancer. fore it only approximates to the umbelliferous tribe. ‘The fruit is ie aetna berry, of a blackish purple colour, and cona. ree seeds, which are flat on one side and angular on the HISTORY, This ‘ hedges ; it ‘ flowers : 5 - tree :is frequent in in June, and ripens its in September. Se ra e contain : (ees ; ruittin The berries malic acid, and have &@ SWeetic e Setish, not unpleasant, taste; nevertheless, eaten in subs xX @Z |