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<! half an tartar be infused in two quarts of boiling water, tor one or two injurs; ■when the liquor should be strained, adding two ounces of the common lenitive eleetu iry, and tour ounces of Glauber's salt. If, notwith- standing these rem dies, the in- th minatory symptoms become more violent, the event will in g< be fatal. A strong decoction of Peruvian bark is the only medicine that may probably afford relief; a pint of which ought to be given every three hours, with half a pint of. Port-wine. 3. The dry gripes arise chiefly from costiveness ; they are known by the animal's restlessness, and frequent but unsuccessful attempts to dung. In this casr, the straight gut should be relieved in the man- ner above directed for the flatulent colic; an emollient clyster, consist- ing of. two or three quarts of thin water gruel, six ounces of sugar, and an equal quantity of salad-oil, should be injected lukewarm, three times in the course of twenty-four hours; and the purging drink, pre- scribed for the inflammatory gripes, may be given till the bowels be unloaded, and the symptoms abate. The proper diet for horses at- tacked with either species of tins painful disorder, ought to be scalded bran, thin water- gruel, or what is called by" farriers white water; which is prepared by dissolving four ounces of gum arabic in two quarts of water, and mixing the whole with the animal's usual drink. GKOMWELL, or Lith.jsper- Tnurn, L. a genus of perennial plains, G RO 407 comp pedes, the prin- hich arc : l.The • Ci imraon( rrora- wc II, or Gromill, Gray-mill, 01 t I millet, which grows in dry gravelly soils, and flowers in the mouths of May and Jc>n<-. — The seed of this plant affords excellent flour, which might in times of scarcity be c<;i- verted into bread. From the rind of the root, a red colour may be extracted, and it is also employed in the North of Europe as an inof- fensive paint for the face, especially by country-girls. Its seeds were formerly medicinal, but possess no peculiar properties; though Hal- lek observes that the plant itself is narcotic. 2. The ari'c/!se,Co, or Bastard Cromwell, Gromill, or Alkanetj a noxious weed, which is common irj corn-fields, and flowers also in May and June. — The juice of the root is likewise used as a paint : its rind tinges wax and oil of a fine red colour, similar to that which is ob- tained from the root of the foreign Alkanet. — Sheep and goats eat the Bastard Gromwell, but cows do not relish it ; and it is totally refused by hogs and horses. Ground -Ash. See Gout- weed. Ground-furze. See Rest- harrow. GROUND-IVY, Gill, or Ale- hoof, Glee homo. Hederacea, L. an indigenous plant, thriving in groves, hedges, and shady places 3 flower- ing in die months of April and May. Ground-ivy has a peculiar strong odour ; it is of a bitter and slightly aromatic taste. Its leaves contain an essential oil, destitute of smell. This plant was formerly held in great estimation, and supposed to possess eminent medicinal virtues ; but which arc not confirmed by D d 4 later