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2SSJ BLI .'it, but again dilates on returning him to a dark stable. — Sec Eyes of Hoi B l i x b - w d b m (fragi Us) , or si ow- wonn ; a species of die _•/ _ or snake, : t i^ about a foot in length, and of the thickness of Its nam." is rived from the slowness of its T'on, and the smallness of its eyes. It is chiefly found in gardens and p'asti : ReV. jVIr. Foster, in '.* Qh is on noxious Am- asserts, from his own ex- perience, that the bite of this crea- ture i ' .' harmless • and he mentions two cases in which it was with any ill conse- quences. These observations are 1 by a passage in the twenty-ninth volume of the Monthly Review, respecting a dog 'lavihebeen bitten by a slow-worm withou! any ill BLISTEL1. in medicine, signi- fies eitheria thin bladder, conlain- Bumour raised on the plication of vesica- nt parts of the ; ■ With this intention, Spanish flies are. most commonly employed ; though w< essed of a variety of i ns plants, which v substituted-. imniciid, from ex- perience, thefoilowing^ l. Mus- d with vinegar suf- ot to < ohvert it into a thick ■. tp he spread upon linen ; 2. '< I of ihe horse- r tdi : ■ " - o. The bruised f the dif- bf the EanutHi/h/?, or n'ow-focvt; -i. The leaves of the • m hydfopiper, or water- ier, mowing wild on the banks i a 5 and 5. The most pow- BLI erfttl cf all indigenous vegetables, the Daphne Mexereum, or spurge olive, every part of which is ex- tremely acrid, but the rind is pre- ferably used for blisters. Whether fresh, or dried, this rind should be previously srceped for a few hours ' in strong vinegar, and then a piece about h broad, and two or three inches long, tied over- night to the 'part/: after it has su'fc' ficiently drawn, the blistered place is covered with an ivy leaf; and a similar vesicatory is applied contiguous to the former. In mis manner, it is continued, ac- cording to particular circumstances, especially in chronic diseases, till the desired effect is attained. Where no time is to be lost, we advise tlie use of mustard-seed, as before de- scribed, with the addition of a little salt, which greatly increases its effi- cacy. These cataplasms are often more proper than the blisters pre- pared with Spanish flies ; becap.se the for /ate more speedily, and aft with less violence ori the fluids than the latter. Hence, they are of eminent sendee to promote critical eruptions ; to prevent the small-pox from breaking out on the face, when applied at the com- mencement or the di.se/ to the calves cf the legs, or flu of the feet ; to mitigate the pain arisingfrom internal inflammations, to drive catarrhal and rheumatic humours from the m gans of life totheprbxrmpte external . and to rouse the. indolent powers of Nature. In themostacute pains of the head; and the tooth-ach proceeding from a rheumatic cause, as well as in inflammatory affec- tions of theeyesj such plasters may be u died to the neck or the arm ; in inflammations of the chest,