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23.15 CHAP. 15.—THE SALICASTRUM: TWELVE REMEDIES.

There is another plant, [Note] similar to the labrusca, but found

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growing in willow-beds; for which reason it is known by a distinct name, though the uses to which it is applied are just the same. The name given to it is "salicastrum;" beaten up with oxymel, it displays marvellous efficacy in the removal of itch-scab and prurigo in men and cattle.



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