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the tafle bitter, and fcmewhat acrid ; — chewed, it foftens,and almoft difiblves, tinging tbte faliva yellowifh. (Bcrgius.)By keeping, it is very apt to be worm-eaten, and its bitter-neis is diminiihetJ, Piderit.

. It has besH given as a corroborant and antifeptic in vomi-ting, ciarrhcea, dyfentery, chöIera, and biüous complaints ingeneral,—in dofes from gr. 15 to £fs, or more, three orfourtimes a day; and v/ith vitriolated kali, in acute cafes of the bi-iJiouskind. (Percival'sEßiys,Vol. II, ) Dr.Dablberg,\a aletterto Murray, confirms Percival's praifes of it in bilious vorni-tings and purgings. See Murray's Medic. Bibliothßck. 3'"Band,

Contrayerva,

Contrayerva,

the Root.

Corallium rubrum,Red Cor gl,

Coriandrqm,

Coria/uier,

the Seed,

Cornu Cervi,

Hartfiom.

Cortex Peruv. fee Pe«ruvianus Cortex,

Greta, Qhalk.

Dorflenia Contrajer r oa lL.S. P.

Ifis nobilis, L. S. N,

Goriandfumfatjvum,L f S.P.

Crocus,