Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

  • Holmes E. M. (Edward Morell), 1843-1930.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TILIACE^. 59. TiLiA EuroPjEA, L. {Linden, or Lime Tree.) a. Flowers. Note.—The flowers are still used in France in the form of Tisane and distUled water, as an antispasmodic. Hist, des Drag., vol. iii., p. 635. L'Officine, p. 949. The flowers, as weU as the leaves and bark, were formerly officinal in this country. Ph. Lond., 1724, p. 159. DIPTERACE^. GO. DiPTEROCAEPUS TDEBiNATUS, Gaert, and other species. a. Oleoresin. {Gurjun Balsam, Wood Oil, Gnrgun Oil.) Note.—Official in the Indian Pharmacopoeia. It is used in India in- stead of balsam of copaiba. It is also used in India as a varnish. P. J. [1], vol. XV., p. 321. Ind. Pharm. app., p. 441. PharmacograpMa, p. 81. It has lately been used in the cure of leprosy. P. J. [1], vol. xiv., p. 65 ; [3], vol. v., p. 729. 61. Drtobalanops aromatica, Gaert. a. Section of stem from Sumatra. From Dr. De Vriese. h. Fruit, preserved wet. c. Stearoptene. (Borneo Oamplior.) Note.—This camphor is found in the wood in fi-agments, and is remarkable for not subUming at the ordinary temperature of the air. Hook. Journ. Bot., vol. iv., pp. 33-202. P. J. [3], vol. iv., p. 710. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 444. For fig. of crystals, see P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 302 ; [3], vol. iv., p. 710. TERNSTRCEMIACE^. 62. Thea Chinensis, Sims.; Camellia Tuea, LinJc. a. Leaves. h. Green tea. c. Black tea. d. Oil expressed from the fruit. Note.—Black and green tea are probably derived from the same plant; but Assam tea is the product of Thea Assamica. Bentley, Man. Bot., p. 446. See Bentley and Trimen, Med- Plants, tab. 34. GUTTIPER^. 63. Calophtllum Calaba, Willd. a. Bark. h. Resin. {East Indian Tacamahaea.) Note.—This specimen is labelled This is the Animi Tacamahac of Batka. See P. J. [3], vol. vi., p. 742. It is used as an appUcation to indolent ulcers. Specimen h resembles some varieties of Olibanum, and gives off a similar odour when heated. It also has fragments of papery bark attached to it.