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It has been supposed also to produce inflammation in the eyes. Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 43. A variety which produces larger roots, called Hamburgh Parsley, is commonly grown for medicinal uses. ARBUTUS Uva Ursi. TRAILING ARBUTUS or BEAR-BERRY. The Leaves.
They are also employed in medicated baths and fomentations. Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 345. OXALIS Acetosella. WOOD SORREL. Herb. L. In taste and medical qualities it is similar to the common sorrel, but considerably more grateful, and hence is preferred by the London College. Boiled with milk, it forms an agreeable whey; and beaten with sugar, a very elegant conserve. Lewis's Mat. Med.
But all war is in a sense unfair, because it's usually a question of the greater force. At any rate, Dick, we won't harm Colonel Woodville's home." "Yet in the end, sir, a lot of these great old country places will go, and what will take their place? You and I, coming from a border state, know that the colored race is not made up of Uncle Toms."
This plant, according to Bergius, is an emetic, errhine, diuretic, diaphoretic, emmenagogue; and from its supposed power of attenuating the blood, it has been esteemed so peculiarly efficacious in obviating the bad consequences occasioned by falls and bruises, that it obtained the appellation of Panacea Lapsorum. Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 43. ARTEMISIA Absinthium. WORMWOOD, The Herb.
Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 551. SCABIOSA succisa. DEVIL'S BIT. The Leaves and Roots. These stand recommended as alexipharmics, but they have long given place to medicines of greater efficacy. SCANDIX Cerefolium. Chervil. The Leaves.
About two scruples of the seed, two or three times a-day, was the ordinary dose given. Medicines of this kind should be used with great caution. Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 91, 92. PIMPINELLA saxifraga. BURNET SAXIFRAGE. The Root, Leaves, and Seeds. This root promises from its sensible qualities, to be a medicine of considerable utility, though little regarded in common pratice.
But Woodville's account of the queen's grief and horror at the afflictions of her House, and of Jacquetta's indignation at the foul language which the report of her practices put into the popular mouth, served to endear to the king's mind the family that he considered unduly persecuted.
Before starting he had recovered both his own pistol and Woodville's, and he was particularly glad to find the latter because it would be proof of his story, if proof were needed. The rain had not ceased nor had the heavy darkness lifted, but the looming shadow of the big house was sufficient guide.
The Bastard's lance shivered fairly against the small shield of the Englishman; but the Woodville's weapon, more deftly aimed, struck full on the count's bassinet, and at the same time the pike projecting from the gray charger's chaffron pierced the nostrils of the unhappy bay, which rage and shame had blinded more than ever.
On the continent, the Bark of the Horse Chesnut-tree is held in great estimation as a febrifuge; and, upon the credit of several respectable authors, appears to be a medicine of great efficacy. Woodville's Med. Bot. 615. AGRIMONIA Eupatoria. COMMON AGRIMONY. The Herb. D. The leaves have an herbaceous, somewhat acrid, roughish taste, accompanied with an aromatic flavour.
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