An Account of the Species of Plant, from Which the Agaric, Used as a Styptic, is Prepared.By Mr. William Watson, F. R. S.Author(s): William WatsonSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 49 (1755 - 1756), pp. 28-29Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/104900 .

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VII. Sn w4ccoant of the 5es of Plant, frotn which tbe zrtcy uJ;d vs a Sticy is prepared. ty Mr. William Vfatfion} r n o r. w. o.

IFondons EO. 1. x755 ReadFeb. 6 T Latety acqualnted the Royal Society,

1755 1 that I had fome doubts,, arifi1ng from dle pieces I had *inX whether the agarsc fent from France7 and applied as .a Ryptic after amVutatlonsy was the fiongus tn caudtctbas na/2ens, peous equm ,kurzs of Cafpar Bauhsu; or the fingas careaaetks

fuercinus hmvto of BreyniusX of which I gave a ffiort hiflcory. In order therefore to be confirmed in this matters I wrote to our worthy brother M. Clairaut, of Paris, to lay fome qtlerses, I drew up,, before M. Bernard de JuiseuX and M. Mowrand, both

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[-88 ] i11, which I will anfwer for its having done 1low by the progrefs I liw nnade towards it for the hour that I Stad ;- I fay, now the bwadth in that place mi: be above a hundred yards.

EHraS ef a Letter frotn tSe Jatze GY tleman, to these, daxd December 28

T754

Read Jan 23s 5 TEfilviUS runs but with one) though x7ss V that the moft confiderable Itream

of fire: he }as -alfo changed his note at tp, and is now more angry thaIl evers throwmg up flcones alld matter in greater abundance

. .

.

VII. Sn w4ccoant of the 5es of Plant, frotn which tbe zrtcy uJ;d vs a Sticy is prepared. ty Mr. William Vfatfion} r n o r. w. o.

IFondons EO. 1. x755 ReadFeb. 6 T Latety acqualnted the Royal Society,

1755 1 that I had fome doubts,, arifi1ng from dle pieces I had *inX whether the agarsc fent from France7 and applied as .a Ryptic after amVutatlonsy was the fiongus tn caudtctbas na/2ens, peous equm ,kurzs of Cafpar Bauhsu; or the fingas careaaetks

fuercinus hmvto of BreyniusX of which I gave a ffiort hiflcory. In order therefore to be confirmed in this matters I wrote to our worthy brother M. Clairaut, of Paris, to lay fome qtlerses, I drew up,, before M. Bernard de JuiseuX and M. Mowrand, both

membcrs

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- E a9 3 members of this Society, and excellent judges of this fuba. M. Clairaut, fince our laIt meeting, has been fo kind as to tranfmst to me their anfwer; by which it does appear, that this is prepared from a plant, which is called by the botaniRs

' Agaricus pedis equini figur&. InJi. Rei. Herbar. " Fungus in caudicibus naScens) pedis equini figur&*

C. B. Pin. " Fungus durus arborum, five igniarius. Park. I2heat " Fungi arborei ad ellychnia. I. Bv {' Fungi igniarii Cifalpini et Tragi " Boletus acaulis pulvinatus lavis, poris tenuifl lmis.

Linn. Flor. Suec It xs the agaric employed for the amasloue; and

Mr. Brofl4art, who firI} brought this preparation into praftice, conceives, that that, which grovvs upon old oaks, which have been lopped, is the moIt valuabTe; that it Ihould be gathered in AuguR or Septem6er, and be kept in a dw room.

The way of preparing it i$ to take off wlth a knife the white and hard part} till you find a fu6- Itance fo foft, as to yield under the finger, like {ham- myleather. This is to be divided into pieces of different fizes and thicknefs: beat theSe with a ham_ mer, to give them a Rill greater degree of foftnefs,> fo that they may be eafily torn with the finger.

Mr. Morand thinks, that the agaric, which urhen growing is of a greyilB colour on the olltrlde, is bet- ter thaxl that which iS whste.

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