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J71.CATAPUT1A, Spurge. TheJuice of this Plant, which looksWhite like Milk, will, apply'd to theSkin, corrode it into an Efchar ;but it is feldom ufed in any medici-nal Forms. The common People,with the ordinary Tithymal, orSpurge, ufe it to eat off Warts';which it will do by frequent Ap-plication, if the Cruit which har-dens upon them be pared off be-tween whiles.

f 7 3. L E p 1 D i u M, Dittander ;called alfo Fiperitis, and diftinguifh-ed Latifolium. It grows on theBanks of Rivers ; and Diefioridesaffirms, that it is good externallyapplied in Ifchiadic Painsj but theprefent Pharmacy knows nothingof it.

$74. Euphorbium, Id. Wemention'd this amongft the Sternu-tatories, Sell. 9. But its wonder-ful Subtility and Heat fometimesgive it a place in external Compo-litions, which are intended forpowerful Stimuli, and to make aDerivation of ferous Humors tothe Parts where it is apply'd . Uponthis foot it is an Ingredient in theEmplttfirum Cephtlicum of the Col-lege Dijpenfatory, which is laid up-on the Head to draw out fèrousHumours, and make a Revulfionfrom tholè Glands which fuffer bythe continual Drain of Rheum, incommon Defluxicns and Catarrhs.The fame Compound is alfo prefcri-bed to be apply'd to the Feet in Fe-vers, for the like Property.

j7y. G o s s 1 p 1 u m, Cotton.This in no refpeâ has a claim tothis Clafs for any medicinal Virtues,but it is ibmetimes order'd to beburnt upon the Parts afflicted withthe Gout ; in which cafes its Opera-tion is to be accounted for in thefame manner as that of Fire orguick-Lime, it having no efficacy

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but from its burning. Of the Ef-fects of Union you will find a goodaccount, at pag. 143. oí Van Home' 3Microtechne ; which has been latelyvery well tranflated into Englifli byMr. Banyer, a Surgeon. The Seedsare indeed ordered in fome offici-nal Compofitions j but they fèemof no great Effect.

576. M ox a. This is alio a par-ticular fort of Cotton, put to thefame ufe as the former, and opera-ting by the fame means only. Thenotice Sir William Temple has takenof this in one of his Eiîàys, gave iccredit enough to be talk'd of foribme time; but I cannot find thatany Succefs from trial made with ichas yet encourag'd it to be broughtinto practice. See Artemifi*.

$77. S 1 L i o_u a Hirsuta,Co-a-ltch. This ftands in fome Ca-talogues of medicinal Simples, butfeems good for nothing; and i» ofno ufe but to gratify wanton Peo-ple in playing Tricks with it. Thisis brought to us from the Eafi-Indies,and is a Down, or hairy Subftance,growing on the outride of the Podof the íhafeolus Zúrratenos filiquAhirfutâ. It is fo pointed, as like aNettle to fting the Flefh, but notwith fo painful a Seniàtion ,• thiscauiing only to itch ; which con-tinues fo long, and at lait will growfo troublefome, as to excite muchPain in rubbing to allay it ; fo thatit frequently occafions a Flux ofHumours to the Parts.

$78. TlTHYM ALLUS, SpUrgt.

This differs not in Species from theCataputia, nor in its phyfical Pro-perties ; and therefore needs no fur-ther explication than what is to bemet with there.

5-79. Sapo, Soap. What wcmean here is the bla^k Soup, whichhas fo much of the Pot-Afh Lixi-vium in it, that it is extremely pe-netrating*