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63&#93; SHI to ^e sold ^t reasoijifible prices, with n view to the national im- provenient of that staple commo- dity, Wool. SHEEP'S -BIT, or Hairy Sheup's-SCabious, Jasionc moii- tdna,' fj. an indigenous annual plant, growing in meadows ,' pas- tured, and heaths, in dry and sandy situations. j where it blows In June and July.-^rts blue flowers emit a Strong, musky odour; and .are ■igerly visited by bees. The leaves ' !;itain a sweetish m^ucil^je ; ou which account they atfqrd grateful food to slieep. SHELL-Fisn. See Crab-fish ; LoBSTKR ; Muscle (vol. iii. p. 240) ; Oyster, &:c. Shkphf,ro's Nbrdlb. See XEEDLE.thc Common Shepherd's. SHEPHERD'S PURSE, the CoMMOM, or Shefhkrd's Pouch, TIdaspi Bursa pastari^, L. a native plant, growing; ainoug rubbish, on road-sides, walls, in cprn-liclds, and gravelly walks ; ffoweriiig from March to Septemb;'r, — Dr. Wi- thering observes, that this herb evinces "the influence of soil and clirnate on vegetables; as it thrives in almost any place, bears flowers, and perfect seeds, when only two inches hi^h; while, in more favour- able situations, it attains the height of two or tliree feet. According, to Buajjley, the dried leaves of the Sl)epherd's Purse, reduced to powder, and taken in red wine, ff)rm an efBca- cious remedy in diarrhoeas, ' and orlier fluxes, where astringents are Indicated.-— The expressed juice of this plant, operates as a powerful styptic, esgecially in bleedings from, the nose, when, iiitroduced into the nostril.^. SHERBKr, Sep Punch, erysipelatous kind (sec Rose), in which numerous pimples of a livid hue, arise in different parts of the trunk, but priricipally around the waist of the body ; wheuce it is called ,s7/i/;g/t'i-, "or ^i-iVfZ/c; the erup- tion terininates in small blisters or pustules. It is seldom attende4 vvith fever ; and, even in such case, the febrile symptoms are ge-r nerally mild. As this coojplaiat requires a similar treatment to that already stated, under the head of Rose, wa shall only add .the salutary catitiou to refrain from all external appli- cations o,f a re [je Hi 11'^ nature ; be- cause such iniprudent remedies, here likewise, cannot fail to;.pro? duce melancholy effects. . " .,, SHIRT, a loose garmen^, geajC- rally worn next the skin. The mat?ri^l , pf whicl>. eloirts are usually made,, is linen, tii,uugi^ FLAjvif^^L is doubtless a mosij na- tural and^ salubrious covering for the body, on account of its porous nature, thp superior warmth, and many othor advantages thence re^ suiting, which haye already bQpi^ e.Kplained under tJ;at article. As, ho^-Q-vev, fashion requires this gar- ment to be made of linen, v/e deem it necessary to observe, that the collar and wristbands ou^ht to be made sutliciently wide, as toogreaf tightness around the neck aa4 wrists, is highly prejudicial to health ; occasioning difficulty of breathing, and sometimes even paralytic or apopledic fits. Far-^ ther, cleanliness enjoins the fre- quent changing of linen, especiailjjE during the sucumer ; and, thpugb the propriety of such practice viti| patients ,ha^ frequently, bqen, que-s^f tioned, yet the shirt ought tp be renewed, as often as can be safeljr and conveniently effeded ; be? C3Us6