in botany, a genus of the pentandria digynia clasps of plants. The fruit is globular, crenated on each side, and has five striae or streaks. There are three species, only one of which, viz. the conium maculatum, or hemlock, is a native of Britain. Within these few years past Dr Stork published a treatise recommending the extract of hemlock to be given internally, in several doses, as a kind of specific for cancers, the king's-evil, and all kinds of schirrous tumours. On the faith of this single physician, the whole medical practitioners in Europe dosed their patients who laboured under diseases of the above kinds with hemlock, which is unquestionably a rank poison, if taken to any extent. After two or three years practice, it was at length discovered that the hemlock was not possessed of those extraordinary virtues which Dr Stork had attributed to it; and of course its reputation began to sink, and now, like many other great medicines, has had its day, and is gradually wearing out of practice.

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