Colonial North America: Countway Library of Medicine

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Introduction

"Colour"

a penetrating sensation and redness, though I frequently washed my mouth with water. The Cobelia Sypbuletia has a taste like the Nicotianum Tobacum and is found to have a similar effect. Smells. We can derive but little advantage from this. Linneus supposed the odiferous particles of bodies to act on the nerves, and the Sapid on the muscles; to this there are many exceptions a nemium ne ende sapori aut odori. Colour. Linneus has taken in this property as varying the virtues of plants, his aphorisms are these Color pallidus insipidum, viridis crudum, luteus amarum, ruber acidum, albus dulce, niger ingratum indicat. These are worth remembering, but not unexceptionable, Viridus crudum, is applicable to fruits, Luteus amarum, to flowers these two are generally correct, Ruber accidum to this there are many exceptions Viz Some flowers Niger ingratum, such as the berries of the deadly nightshade, but black is not always ungratefull, as in the black cherry, and colour is therefore fallacious, but perhaps like some other fallacious things worthy of some notice. It is proper that I take some notice of the