Hemlock, in Latin Ci∣cuta.
'Tis very cold, and supposed to be poysonous; yet it is frequently used now-a-days for Tumours and Inflammations of the Spleen. Some Physicians
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'Tis very cold, and supposed to be poysonous; yet it is frequently used now-a-days for Tumours and Inflammations of the Spleen. Some Physicians
say, it is hot. Outwardly used, it is Anodine. A Ca∣taplasm, or the Plaster of Hemlock, with Ammonia∣cum, discusses powerfully hard Swellings, and a Gan∣glion. Twenty Grains of the Powder of the Root is an excellent Diaphoretick in Malignant Fevers.