The family flora and materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties of plants . is planthowever, as a medicinal agent, it deserves attention, and that afair trial should be made of it, the testimonies in its favor are sostrong that it can scarcely be as inert as is now supposed, andas is observed by Cullen (Mat. Med., 173), we should not beso audacious as to neglect it, for by the sensible qualities itappears active, and there are many well vouched testimonies ofits virtues, particularly of its diuretic powers. St. Johns-wort is
The family flora and materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties of plants . is planthowever, as a medicinal agent, it deserves attention, and that afair trial should be made of it, the testimonies in its favor are sostrong that it can scarcely be as inert as is now supposed, andas is observed by Cullen (Mat. Med., 173), we should not beso audacious as to neglect it, for by the sensible qualities itappears active, and there are many well vouched testimonies ofits virtues, particularly of its diuretic powers. St. Johns-wort is said to exercise an injurious effect on cattleby inflaming the skin wherever the hair is white. Althoughthis belief is very general, it is by no means certain, that theinjury is owing to this plant. Is it not rather attributable to aspecies of Euphorbia which in almost all cases is found growingwhere the Hypericum abounds, the acrid juice of the formerplant being fully capable of causing inflammation, whilst theoil furnished by the glands of the latter, and which is the activeprinciple of the plant, is celebrated for its vulnerary &THfi\. ©TPFKDIKAIL BLionum vita* Guaiaeum 4 4
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