Zoologia medicinalis Hibernica; or, a treatise of birds, beasts, fishes, reptiles, or insects, which are commonly known and propagated in this kingdom By John K'eogh,

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1739 Excerpt: ...Lat. Corvus Leguminalis, Comix frugifera. It has much the fame virtues, which are attributed to the Crow. S ASALMON, Hib. Bradane, Lat. Salmo. The fat, or oil extracted out of this fish is good to be applied to the chaps of the lips, and fundament. A SEAL, or Sea Calf, Hib. Rone. Lat. Phoca, vitulus marinus. I have been credibly informed by a gentleman of my acquaintance, that if a piece of the skin of this fish, be cut in the form of a heart, and hung about the neck, the (harp point thereof hanging down between the breasts, it will infallibly cure a collie, so that the patient will never be afflicted with it, while it continues in this situation: The right finns laid under the head caule steep, shoes made of the skin, help to cure the gout, as Pliny affirms: The flesh helps to cure the epilepsy, and suffocation of the matrix, as Avicenna mentions: The fat cures the leprosy and mentagra, as Pliny declares. A SCALLOP, Hib. Sligane-mury, Lat. Pecten. This fish is analeptic, or a restorative, good to be eaten by consumptive people. A SHEEP, Hib. Cuira. Lat. Ovis. The infusion or decoction of the dung in mead, or ale taken to the quantity of three or four ounces morning and evening, is a prevalent remedy remedy against the dropsy, collie, pleurisy, gravel, epilepsy, and most disorders of the brains, and nerves: Two or three drams of the tincture of the said dung, given morning and evening, in a glass of fair water, and sugar, destroy acidities: The Juice of the dung given in any proper vehicle, wonderfully expels the small pox, and meafles from the principal parts of the body: The fat or suet being melted, and drank in brandy, or red wine, wonderfully cures the bloody flux and diarrhœa: be-, ing melted, and mixt with oil of amber, it cures pains, aches, co...