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PIMPINELLA

Volume 16 · 88 words · 1810 Edition

Burnet Saxifrage; a genus of plants belonging to the pentandria class. See Botany Index.

Pimple, in Medicine, a small pustule arising on the face. By mixing equal quantities of the juice of horseradish (Cedum minus), passed through paper, and of spirit of wine rectified by itself, a white coagulum of a very volatile nature is formed, which Dr Bughart commends for curing pimples of the face; and says, that the thin liquor separated from it with sugar-candy is an excellent remedy for thick viscid phlegm in the breast.