A dissertation concerning misletoe [sic] : a most wonderful specific remedy for the cure of convulsive distempers. Calculated for the benefit of the poor as well as the rich ... to which is added, a second part, containing farther remarks and observations / by Sir John Colbatch.

  • Colbatch, John, Sir, 1670-1729
Date:
1720
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Credit: A dissertation concerning misletoe [sic] : a most wonderful specific remedy for the cure of convulsive distempers. Calculated for the benefit of the poor as well as the rich ... to which is added, a second part, containing farther remarks and observations / by Sir John Colbatch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( grows upon them than young one', becaufe the Twigs and Branches of the old Trees are more liable to Cracks and Accidents than young ones are ; and being moft commonly feen upon old Trees, he from thence concluded that they were worn out by it. There feems however to be a Dif¬ ference betwixt this Plant, and all other Trees propagated by Grafting or In¬ oculating 5 they being moil certainly intirely nourifhed by the'Juice of the Stock into which they are inferred : notwithllanding which, as is before obferv’d, they change the Nature of the Juice, brought up by the Stock, into their own. But whether Mifletoe receives its full Nourifhment from the Juice of the Tree, feems to me a Doubt. It’s true, it continues alive during the Summer, but it does not begin to flourifh and appear in Vi¬ gour, till the Sap of the Tree is fallen, or otherwife fpenc, and the Leaves dropr. Its Berries are full ripe, and C in