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mel,) in the haemoptyfis, (Am. Lußtan. Cent. 6. — LazermeCurat. — Scopol! Fl. Carniol.) in uterine haemorrhages, (Pey-roux Obf.) and joined with decoction of equifetum, forbloodyurine, (Hifl. Morb. Vratißav.) The nettle is a com-mon remedy in a beginning phthifis among the people ofBrunfwick, examples of which may be feen in Lange Rem.Brunfv. Dom. At a feafon when the juice is not to be ob-tained, the powder is ufed mixed with fugar or honey.

Theuneafy itching fenfation produced by this plant probablygave rife to a method of eure, by fome called urtkatiön, whichwas diretted by Celfus, and confifted in ftinging a paralyticlimb with nettle tili it became red. (Celf. Lib. 3. c. 27. Ed.L. TargtE) p. 141.) and the legs of lethargic people wereordered tobe fo treatedby Aretaus, (mp ö.-fara-. o|. «r«9. Ed.Wigan. p. 90.) Nor has the practice been totally forgotten,as a palfy is faid to have been thus cured in Hiß. Ac. S:.1741, p. 103.) Scopol! faw an arm reftored to its fenfationand motion by this means only, (Fl. Garn.) and Homob. Pi~fo has many examples of febrile ftupor removed by this ap-p'ication to the arms, thighs, and legs. (Spicileg. Cur.) Anettle-leaf, putupon the tongue, and then prefled againft'theroof of the mouth, is pretty efficacious in ftopping a bleed-ing at the nofe. I'Fltbering, Bot. Arr. Vol. 2.

UvaUrfi, UvaTIrfi, ■ Arbutus UvaUrfi,or Bear's Whortleberry., L. S. P.the Leaf.

Bear's Whortleberry is a low evergreen fhrub, growing inthe northern countries of Europe and America, and in moun-

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