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26o] NEE N E R detail. — Let it be obsciTed that, part of Port-wine, and two parts lilJ proper assistance can be pro- of water, to which is usually added cared, die patient ought to keep a small quantity of sugar, lemon- himself as quietly as possible ; o peel, &c. avoid speaking, and not to indulge This liquor is salubrious and in any passions ; for the conse- harmless, especially if the juice of quences of either may prove fatal. a Seville-orange be substituted for NECTARINE, a variety of the that of lemons.— As the peel of common peach-tree, from which it the last mentioned fruit, however, differs onlv in having a smoother cor.tains a considerable quantity of rind, and lirmcr pulp. There are several varieties of this fruit, known under the differ- ent names of Scarlet, Newington, Roman Nectarines, &c. ; but, as their properties and culture are similar to those of the Peach, we propose to give a concise account of them under that article. NEEDLE, the-CoMMox Shep- herd's, Venus- COMB, Ckake- . needle, or Needle -chervil, Scaiidic Pecteii, L. an indigenous plant, grcjwing in corn-fields, and in the montljs of June highly inflammable and volatile oil, negus becomes more stimulating than pure wine, if it be used in large quantities ; but, if mode- rately taken, it may contribute to strengthen the stomach. It should,, however, be remembered, tha-t asthmatic patients, or those who are subject to diseases of the breast, ought carefully to abstain fVom thi» and similar drink ; an indulgence in which, may be productive of the worst consequences ; as the heat- ing oil, together with the fumes of wine, is too powerful a stimulus flowering and July. — ^This weed frequently to their organs of breathing. infests corn-fields, and may be Nep. See Catmint. eaten as greens, being a whole- NERVE, in anatomy, denotes some vegetable. — When bruised certain white, round, delicate sub- •with marsh-mallows, these two stances, similar to cords, which herbs are said to afford an excellent proceed from the brain or spinal application to fresh wounds, espe- marrow, and are divided into nu- cially with a view to promote the merous smaller fibres or branches, extra6tion of splinters. that are dispersed diroughout the NEEDLE-FURZE, Petty body. Whix, cr NeedleGreenwef.d, The nerA-es have been supposed Genista aiiplica, L. an indigenous to contain a very subde fluid, which plant, growing on heaths, and moist may be either of a masj;netic or spong)' ground : it flowers in the months of May and June. — Dam- bourney made experiments with the branches, as well as the leaves and flowers of this plant, which produced a dye of a tine citron co- lour : the prepared wool acquired in the decoAion a very pure yellow tint. NEGUS, a well-known com- pound beverage, prepared of one electrical nature ; and though the nervous fibrils, v.-hen examined with the microscope, appear to be solid bodies, yet they probably con- duct a veiy subtle fluid by meaas of their interstices. Thus, they are the immediate instruments of sen- sation, and are indispensably neces- sary for the condnuaiice of muscu- lar modon. "VYouuds are the chief accidents to