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 ( 9 ) and we have various proofs of the good effedls of the Taraxacum related by different authors, in jaundice ^ dropfy ^ pulmonic tuber- cles *, and fome cutaneous diforders The leaves, roots, flower flalks, and juice of Dandelion, have all been feparately employed for medical purpofes, and feem to differ rather in degree of ftrength than in any effential property : therefore the expreffed juice, or a ftrong decodlion of the roots have moft com- monly been prefcribed, from one ounce to four, two or three times a day. The plant fhould be always ufed frefh ; even extrads pre- pared from it appear to lofe much of their power by keeping c Van Swietei^ Com. tom. 3. p. 102. and Boerhaave apud Boretium. •* Bergius !oc. cit. Bonafas in Hautelierckii Recueil d’Obferv. tom. 2. p. 360. Frank. Samml. t. i. p. 226. Leidenfroft Diflert. de Succif. Herb. rec. p. 27. Frank. Samml. 1 . c. p. 126. Delius’s Diir. de Tarax. aq. teraxaci per fermentationem parata: et in aliis morbis utitur. Febure Chemie. 2. p. 408. Ingreditur cum radice graminis regiam illam ptifanam, cujus formulam Ludovicus XIV. magno pretio redemit. Haller’s Stirp. Hel. No. 56. No. I. c ARNICA
 * Zimmerman, vide Murray, 1 . c. Haller, 1 . c. Park. 780,
 * Lewis’s M, M. 273.