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Show COMMON SCURVY-GRASS. 609 MEDICAL VIRTUE. We have the testimony of its great use in scurvy not only by physicians but navigators, as Anson, Linscoten, Maaertens, Rgede, and others. Forster foundit in abundance in the islands of the South Sea. It produces an essential oil, so ponderous as to sink in water. It should be eaten as salad, or the expressed juice mixed with some convenient vehicle. PREPARATIONS. Compounp Juice or Scurvy-Grass. (Succus Cochleariz Compositus. L.) Take of juice of garden scurvy-grass, two pints ; brooklime, —— water-cresses, of each one pint; Seville oranges, twenty ounces, by measure: Mix them, and, after the feces have subsided, pour offtheliquor, or strain it. Edin. Take of juice of scurvy-grass, water-cresses, expressed from fresh-gathered herbs, ae Seville oranges, of each two pounds ; COMMON SCURVY-GRASS. —— spirit of nutmegs, half a pound: Mix them, and let themstand till the feces have subsided ; then COCHLEARIA OFFICINALIS. pour off the clear liquor. Both these compositions are of considerable use for the pur- Class KV. Tetradynamia. Essent. Gen. Cuar. poses expressed in the name: the orange juice is an excellent as- OrderI. Siliculosa. Silicle emarginate, turgid, scabrous: Falves gib- bous, obtuse. Spec. Car, vedves cordate-subro Leaves oblong; somewhat sinuate. lf sistant to the scurvy-grass, andother acrid antiscorbutics, which, When thus mixed, have been found from expefience to produce muchbetter effects than when employed bythemselves. They may be taken in doses, from an ounce or two to a quarter of a Pint, two orthree times a day ; they generally increase the urie 7 wis plant reaches yo padieal The radica leaves are fleshy, and stand upon long footstalks ; thoseofthe The alternat den stem are sessile, flowers are white, termin The podis nearly globular, containing5 several: rough seeds. HISTORY. Found on the mountains of Wales, and in Scotland; alse near the sea shore: flowers in April and May. nary secretion, and sometimes induce a laxative habit. The Juices of succulent plants are obtained by expression. Theyare of a very compound nature, consisting of the sap, the Secreted fluids, and facula, mixed together. When first procured they are very high coloured, turbid, and loaded with pa- euchymatous matter. heat, and clarification. ‘They maybe purified by rest, filtration, Rest may be employed with juices Which are very fluid, do not contain volatile matter, and are 2R |